An audited, open source VPN for Russia
Why use Proton VPN in Russia?
Choosing privacy shouldn’t mean compromising your online experience. We created Proton VPN to make security easy and fast, so you can use the internet like normal and keep your data private.
Stay safe online
Proton VPN offers advanced security features, like our Secure Core architecture that uses hardened VPN servers, to protect you from surveillance and attacks.
Keep your browsing private
Proton VPN encrypts your connection so that network administrators and internet providers can’t monitor your online activity.
Bypass censorship
Use Proton VPN to connect to VPN servers in different countries to access websites, news stories, and other content that is being blocked locally.
High-speed VPN
Our unique VPN Accelerator technology can increase your VPN speed by over 400%, especially over unstable internet connections.
Open source apps
Our VPN apps are open source, meaning anyone can check their code and see how they operate. This makes it easier to find and fix potential vulnerabilities.
Get a Russian IP address
Browse the internet as though you are in Russia no matter where you are by connecting to one of our secure Russia VPN servers.
Get a secure and private VPN in Russia
Millions of journalists, activists, and people worldwide use Proton VPN to access the uncensored internet. Easily connect to any of our 16 servers in St. Petersburg to access blocked content and protect your privacy.Access over 4,500 servers in over 90 countries
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More reasons to connect to Proton VPN servers in Russia
Privacy-first VPN protection
Using Proton VPN lets you protect your privacy with multiple layers of security. We use only VPN protocols with no known vulnerabilities at their highest encryption settings to protect your privacy. If your VPN connection is lost for any reason, our built-in kill switch will automatically block all network traffic, keeping your device’s true IP address private even when the VPN is disconnected.
A trustworthy and transparent VPN
Proton has been recommended by the United Nations and is supported by the European Commission. We are proud to be the VPN of choice for activists, NGOs, journalists, and millions of people around the world who want to be able to choose who has access to their data.
High-speed connections with VPN Accelerator
Proton VPN offers unparalleled speed performance thanks to our use of a combination of 10 Gbps servers, advanced VPN protocols like WireGuard, and VPN Accelerator technology that can improve your browsing speeds over long-distance connections by over 400%.
Comprehensive VPN security
Proton VPN offers advanced security features to prevent online attackers from being able to monitor your online activity. Using our Secure Core feature, you can route your traffic through hardened VPN servers in countries with strong data protection laws before connecting to a second VPN server. This protects your online activity from advanced network attacks.
Open source and independently audited
We believe in transparency, so all our apps are 100% open source, meaning that anyone can review our code. We have also commissioned independent security professionals to audit our apps so you can see an expert’s evaluation, which you can find on our website(new window).
What others say about Proton VPN
"It places an enormous emphasis on security and user privacy, and has an excellent client that's very easy to use."Open source of quote(new window)