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Blocking of YouTube in Russia
The blocking of YouTube in Russia became apparent from July 2024. The Russian government introduced restrictions that limited the access speed to the video hosting service YouTube within the territory of Russia. The Russian government gave a number of reasons for this, including that YouTube's owners, Google, were not in compliance with Russian legislation and had not invested in YouTube's assets based inside Russia. Other observers suggested it was an attempt by the Russian government to pressure Google, and to restrict the ability of Russian residents to access material which was not controlled by the Russian authorities in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. YouTube became fully blocked by Roskomnadzor since 12 February 2026, making it inaccessible in Russia without the use of VPN.
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