Russian Users Report BiP and KakaoTalk Inaccessible Without VPN, Suspecting Roskomnadzor Filtering
Russian home users have begun reporting problems with the BiP and KakaoTalk messengers. According to their accounts, the applications stopped sending and receiving messages unless a VPN is used, after which connectivity is restored immediately.
The discussion originated from a post on Pikabu. The author states that the problem has persisted for three days among himself, family members, and friends. Beeline support responded that the operator has imposed no restrictions. Roskomnadzor has also made no official announcement regarding any blocking of the services.
Comments on the post revealed additional users experiencing identical symptoms. Some indicate that BiP has been unavailable for two days, while others report issues specifically in the Volga region. The common observation remains the same: messages do not transmit over direct connections but work without problems through VPN.
At present, all information consists of user observations. The scale of the suspected outage is unknown, and no independent technical data confirming traffic filtering has been published. Complaints could stem from individual operators, specific regions, or the services' own infrastructure.
The combination of direct access failing while VPN access succeeds is already familiar to Russian internet users from prior content-filtering episodes. Nevertheless, it remains premature to declare any permanent block on BiP or KakaoTalk, as neither official confirmation nor a clear explanation has appeared.
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