Russia bans VyprVPN, Opera VPN services in the country. Russia’s telecommunications and media regulator Roskomnadzor (RKN) on Thursday introduced restrictions on the operation of these two VPN service providers describing them as threats. “In accordance with the regulation on responding to threats to circumvent restrictions on access to child pornography, suicidal, pro-narcotic and other prohibited content, restrictions on the use of VPN services VyprVPN and Opera VPN will be introduced from June 17, 2021,” the state agency said in a statement.” The watchdog said the services could be used to access illegal content, and only companies using them in “nonstop technological processes” would be able to continue doing so. The two VPN services were classified as threats based on regulations introduced by the Russian Federation Government with Decree No. 127 on February 12. After Roskomnadzor’s decision, Opera suspended support of VPN services in Russia, a...