In a strange twist, I'm currently in Russia and use a VPN almost daily, but not for news — English-language news sites from HN to CNN simply aren't blocked, and

In a strange twist, I'm currently in Russia and use a VPN almost daily, but not for news — English-language news sites from HN to CNN simply aren't blocked, and to watch out for any new scary local stuff I find it most convenient to subscribe to Meduza in Telegram AND read a Russian news site such as lenta.ru "between the lines". Websites I need a VPN for most of the time are ones that just don't like users with Russian IPs, like my Western credit card company.