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Russia has significantly restricted the use of foreign SIM cards, effectively preventing users from bypassing the country's internet censorship. Roaming traffic is now subject to strict filtering under the same rules applied by Russian mobile operators.
Source: Russian propaganda media outlet Izvestia, citing representatives of the telecommunications industry and Russia's Ministry of Digital Development
Details: Internet access via foreign SIM cards, which had previously been routed through foreign operators' infrastructure and allowed users to circumvent restrictions imposed by the censorship authority Roskomnadzor, is now fully controlled by Russian secret services. Russia's Ministry of Digital Development confirmed that all roaming traffic is now subject to the country's standard filtering and blocking regime.
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