[hal9000xp]

In 2014-2015, I've spent great amount of energy to get out of Russia. Since I left Russia in 2015, the situation with internet freedom became much worse. Especially this year when Russia blocked millions and millions of IP-addresses in unsuccessful attempts to block Telegram.

My prediction for near future is that Russia become as restrictive as China or even worse.

I don't think VPN is viable long-term solution. Look, where are VPN servers might be hosted? Amazon or Digital Ocean? Well, this year Russia just showed that they can block 20 million IP-addresses on a whim.

And I see no signs of massive public demand for free internet. Why? Because if it's popular site in Russia, then it might be unblocked in the case of accidental blocking. If it's just random site in English, it will never be unblocked. And vast majority of Russians don't speak or read English at all.

In other words, Russia has absolutely no future as a country with free internet. RIP.

My advice to fellow Russians with brains: get out of Russia, run away as fast as possible from this goddamn place.

[konart]

> get out of Russia, run away as fast as possible from this goddamn place.

Not always on option. It's easy to leave when you have no family to take care of or parents, or other relatives with needs etc.