# Russia’s Digital Development Ministry proposes using AI to identify and block VPNs

https://mins.news/en/item/102747

- Meduza, 2026-10-16 08:23 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/16/russia-s-digital-development-ministry-proposed-using-ai-to-find-and-block-vpns

> Russia’s Digital Development Ministry proposed using AI to analyze VPN services and improve efforts to detect and block them, according to a draft national AI plan reported by Kommersant. The plan’s authors said blocking could be 95% effective, but the ministry said the current draft contains no such proposal. Industry sources warned that early AI training could mistakenly block legitimate traffic.