Russia Clamps Down on Online Searches

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Police detain an activist in front of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, in Moscow, Russia, July 22, 2025, before lawmakers approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed "extremist." © 2025 AP Photo This week, Russia’s State Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, adopted a draft law that imposes fines on ordinary citizens for “intentionally” searching for “extremist” content on the internet, including via censorship circumvention tools like Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).Violations of these new amendments…

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