VPN, disappearing messages and hidden contacts in Russia have become arguments for arrest According to HRC member Eva Marcheva, the investigation is increasingly referring to them in arrest requests. Privacy protection measures are considered signs of a "conspiracy" and are used as an argument for sending suspects to detention centers before trial. In the summer of 2025, Putin signed a law that made using a VPN an aggravating circumstance when committing a crime. Now, according to Merkaba, the investigation is using the very fact of VPN use to justify the arrest. Yes, a good attempt, but no, there is no such thing in the criminal law, in the criminal procedure law, in the administrative offenses law. This is necessary to justify huge investments in VPN blocking, which cannot be done - the hope is that people will be blinded and stop using it themselves. I am not a criminal, I have nothing to fear, what is the logic here at all, why are they afraid of VPN?

VPN, disappearing messages and hidden contacts in Russia have become arguments for arrest According to HRC member Eva Marcheva, the investigation is increasingly referring to them in arrest requests. Privacy protection measures are considered signs of a "conspiracy" and are used as an argument for sending suspects to detention centers before trial. In the summer of 2025, Putin signed a law that made using a VPN an aggravating circumstance when committing a crime. Now, according to Merkaba, the investigation is using the very fact of VPN use to justify the arrest. Yes, a good attempt, but no, there is no such thing in the criminal law, in the criminal procedure law, in the administrative offenses law. This is necessary to justify huge investments in VPN blocking, which cannot be done - the hope is that people will be blinded and stop using it themselves. I am not a criminal, I have nothing to fear, what is the logic here at all, why are they afraid of VPN?