[vectorEQ]

russia isn't a third world country by any definition (second world by the original definition....)

"Probably someone read the news and googled protonmail, saw "encrypted email" in Wikipedia page and decided to block the whole thing." <-- where do you get that? it's complete nonsense

[SUr3na]

I didn't mean to say Russia is a third world country .but I live in a third world country which closely follows Russia's rules.Apology to all Russians misinterpreting my comment :)

As for the complete nonsense you have something working for 5 years suddenly it gets news coverage with no significant usage increase and is blocked . I have no source but this is the exact case where I live. there's something ,like a publicity threshold.It sounds silly and irrational because it is silly and irrational. Or perhaps I am wrong and some experts were analyzing protonmail for 5 years and now came to the rational conclusion to block it.