The Ministry of Digital Development is preparing a solution that can not only set Russia back decades, but actually bury the chances of its continued digital development. According to Forbes, the department intends to obtain the right to restrict foreign Internet traffic by routing it through the TSPU's blocking system. An obvious target is VPNs, the last widespread means of circumventing Roscommander restrictions. But for the sake of implementing this policy, the entire Russian digital economy is at risk. Businesses risk losing access to global technologies, cloud platforms and services, without which it is impossible to fully develop modern IT products. The consequences for the future are even more devastating. Russian companies may find themselves cut off not only from foreign developments, but also from the opportunity to create their own global services and bring them to the international market. As a result, officials' fight against VPNs risks becoming a fight against Russia's technological future. While the entire world is increasing digital integration, the Ministry of Digital Development is examining the possibility of establishing a technological wall throughout the country, behind which the Russian developers will have to compete mainly with each other. ΞKONOMICON.