It is also unclear why a court decree from 2017 is only being acted on in 2021. Russian state internet regulator Roskomnadzor said it included the Tor browser website in its registry of banned websites because it had allegedly posted “information that ensures the operation of tools that provide access to illegal content.” According to digital rights group Roskomsvoboda, the pretext for the blocking is a 2017 decision by a Saratov district court cited in Roskomnadzor's database (though the court did not decree for the website to be blocked). Russia has the second largest number of Tor users globally. The Tor browser anonymizes internet traffic by sending it through a unique configuration of nodes known as an onion routing system.Īn estimated 300,000 Russian netizens use Tor's services daily, accounting for about 15% of all Tor users. Tor (an acronym for “The Onion Browser”) provides software that allows users to browse the internet anonymously and circumvent locally imposed internet blocks and restrictions. Navy, Tor is now run by a nonprofit group based in Seattle, WA. Initially a research project funded by the U.S. The official block follows earlier reports this week of Russian internet service providers blocking access to the service, with some Russian users unable to access the Tor Project website since 1 December. Russian authorities blocked access to the Tor browser website,, on Wednesday, 8 December, according to reports from Tor developers and users. The Tor Project website has been blocked in Russia.
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