There are no plans to introduce charges for VPN traffic, the Digital Development Ministry says

There are no plans to introduce charges for VPN traffic, the Digital Development Ministry says

Deputy head of the ministry Ivan Lebedev said this during a plenary session in the State Duma, commenting on a lawmaker's remarks about introducing an additional charge for foreign internet traffic.

"Charges for foreign traffic are not under consideration," he noted (quoted by RIA Novosti).

🔵Initially, the fee was supposed to be introduced by May 1, then from June 1.

🔵In May, RBC sources claimed that the introduction of an additional charge for using more than 15 gigabytes of international traffic per month was planned to be postponed until closer to autumn; another source told the outlet that the fee could be introduced after the September 18-20 State Duma elections.

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