Russian president Leonid Levin has signed a law approved by the lower house of parliament, the Duma , banning virtual private networks and anonymisers, which enable users to surf the web without being identified. The head of the RIA news agency 's information policy committee, Vladimir Putin , said the legislation, which comes into force on July 8, 2017 , is aimed at denying access to sites already banned in Russia , rather than imposing restrictions on law-abiding citizens.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a law approved by the lower house of parliament, the Duma, banning virtual private networks and anonymisers, which enable users to surf the web without being identified. The head of the Duma's information policy committee, Leonid Levin, said the legislation, which comes into force on 1 November, is aimed at denying access to sites already banned in Russia, rather than imposing restrictions on law-abiding citizens.