It isn't just Russia. Every major country is increasing surveillance drastically. As for smaller countries, well they're probably covertly manipulated by the bi

It isn't just Russia. Every major country is increasing surveillance drastically. As for smaller countries, well they're probably covertly manipulated by the bigger powers to such an extent that their claim for privacy is valid only so long as you don't cross one of the big powers. And if all else fails, it seems outright bans are being increasingly used. The best way to pushback against this would be if all of us would choose to deliberately use anonymous services. No govt can afford to ban millions of people including businesses. But of course that won't happen, so everyone's privacy is suffering as a result. It is not inconceivable to think of a future where encryption and Internet access as a whole are regulated and licensed out. That'd be the death knell of online anonymity, which I suspect was always just a flash in the pan... it was never going to last when the masses and their govts got their hands on the technology.