Russia Without VPNs, SIM Card Controls, and an Expanded Yarovaya Package: Examining the Digital Ministry’s Third Package of Anti-Fraud Measures

Russia without VPNs, control over “SIM cards,” and an expanded “Yarovaya package”: examining the Digital Ministry’s third package of measures to fight fraudsters

In recent years, Russian authorities have been tightening the fight against phone and cyber scammers. And quite often, under the pretext of this fight, laws are adopted that lead to the blocking of popular services capable of resisting internet censorship.

There are similar suspicions about some of the measures included in the Digital Ministry’s third package of anti-fraud measures. The ministry presented it this week. Meduza studied the document and describes 10 important initiatives that could seriously change Russia’s digital environment.

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The authorities want to push VPNs off Russian servers, tie eSIMs to a “handset,” and put even more data into the “Yarovaya package”

The fight against fraudsters has been one of the key areas of Russian lawmaking in recent years. The country has already adopted two extensive packages of measures to counter criminals, and under the pretext of this counteraction the authorities often push through repressive…