List of websites blocked in Russia explained

This is a list of notable websites that have been blocked or censored in Russia, including current and past blocks. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) has maintained an official mandatory list since 2012. Websites can be blocked for obtaining child pornography, materials advocating drug abuse and drug production, items on the Federal List of Extremist Materials,^{[1] [2]} violations of data retention and surveillance laws or about fake information of war or invasion of Ukraine.

A number of websites that maintain lists of banned websites are currently blocked in Russia, based on different sources of information.^{[3] [4]}

List of apps banned

• WeChat was banned for a week in 2017. ^[5]
• JW Library app was banned on March 31, 2021
• Alexei Navalny app^[6]
• Line (software)
• Foreign messengers in government organizations: Discord, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Snapchat, Telegram, Threema, Viber, WhatsApp and WeChat are examples. (2023)^{[7] [8]}

See also

• List of Wikipedia pages banned in Russia
• Media freedom in Russia
• Russian foreign agent law
• Great Firewall

Notes and References

1. Web site: FSB Increasingly Involved in Misuse of 'Anti-Extremism' Laws, SOVA Says . The Interpreter Magazine . 29 March 2015 . 1 April 2015 . Paul Goble . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120808/http://www.interpretermag.com/fsb-increasingly-involved-in-misuse-of-anti-extremism-laws-sova-says/ . 2 April 2015 . live .
2. Web site: Examples of forbidden content . Zapretno.info . 2014 . 2014-10-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141030004457/http://zapretno.info/?page_id=462 . 2014-10-30 .
3. Web site: Antizapret.info . 2 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140710063312/http://www.antizapret.info/ . 10 July 2014 . live .
4. Web site: ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ СПИСОК ЭКСТРЕМИСТСКИХ МАТЕРИАЛОВ – БИБЛИОТЕКА . 2 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140821132122/http://fedspisok.org/ . 21 August 2014 . dead .
5. Web site: 2017-05-11 . Russia lifts ban on instant messaging app WeChat . 2023-05-31 . archive.shine.cn.
6. News: Ullah . Zahra . 17 September 2021 . Google and Apple said to have removed Navalny voting app as Russian elections begin . CNN . 18 September 2021.
7. Web site: Статья 10. Распространение информации или предоставление информации . Консультант . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307194543/https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_61798/546dcc703c0a1e08647b40a2eeaf9461168c7cb1/ . March 7, 2023.
8. Web site: Вниманию российских организаций, использующих иностранные сервисы . Роскомнадзор . https://web.archive.org/web/20230302103742/https://rkn.gov.ru/news/rsoc/news74672.htm . 2 March 2023.