What worked for getting online in Russia?

Internet in Russia changes every few weeks: a VPN that worked fine stops working, some regions cut mobile data and others don't. If you're just back, your experience is the most useful thing someone leaving now can read. I use your answers to keep the blog's VPN and eSIM guide up to date. It takes 2 minutes.

When were you in Russia?

Month and year are enough.

Where did you go?

Cities or regions. Connectivity varies a lot from one area to another.

How did you get online?

Tick everything you used.

Foreign eSIM (bought before the trip)Russian SIM card bought thereRoaming with my usual providerWi-Fi (hotel, cafés…)

Did you use a VPN?

YesNo, I didn't need oneNo, and I missed having one

Which VPNs did you try and how did they do? (optional)

Only mark the ones you tried. If one worked on Wi-Fi but not on mobile data (or the other way round), choose “On and off” and tell me in the comments.

	Worked well	On and off	Didn't work
Amnezia VPN	Amnezia VPN: Worked well	Amnezia VPN: On and off	Amnezia VPN: Didn't work
Proton VPN	Proton VPN: Worked well	Proton VPN: On and off	Proton VPN: Didn't work
AdGuard VPN	AdGuard VPN: Worked well	AdGuard VPN: On and off	AdGuard VPN: Didn't work
Astrill	Astrill: Worked well	Astrill: On and off	Astrill: Didn't work
Windscribe	Windscribe: Worked well	Windscribe: On and off	Windscribe: Didn't work
NordVPN	NordVPN: Worked well	NordVPN: On and off	NordVPN: Didn't work

Anything else someone travelling now should know? (optional)

Mobile data cuts, places where nothing worked, which protocol did the trick, tips… Optional.

Your first name (optional)

First name is enough. Optional.

Your email (optional)

Only in case I need to ask you something. It won't be published. Optional.

How would you like to appear on the blog?

With my first nameAnonymously

PermissionI agree that Russiable may quote my answers (never my email) in its guides and translate them into other languages.