Claude became almost unavailable for Russians -. Anthropic has started requiring identity verification from suspicious accounts, including those using a VPN. According to users, after downloading a Russian passport, the account may be blocked without a refund of the subscription. Moreover, even Russians with residence permits in other countries face this problem. Similar complaints have been received from users in China. Claude is not officially available in any of the countries.

Claude became almost unavailable for Russians -. Anthropic has started requiring identity verification from suspicious accounts, including those using a VPN. According to users, after downloading a Russian passport, the account may be blocked without a refund of the subscription. Moreover, even Russians with residence permits in other countries face this problem. Similar complaints have been received from users in China. Claude is not officially available in any of the countries.