640,000 websites are currently blocked in Russia, reports NGO

Russia has blocked an average of 4,900 websites per week so far in 2022, according to Roskomsvoboda, an internet freedom NGO.

According to Roskomsvoboda’s report, published Monday by the Kommersant business daily, authorities restricted 14,800 websites last week alone — the highest total in a single week in several years.

While it did not name potential causes for the surge, it said it had not observed any “abnormal predominance” of certain websites over others.

Roskomsvoboda lists almost 640,000 websites that are currently blocked inside Russia.

• Referred links: https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5719050, https://reestr.rublacklist.net/ru/statistics/