Yikes. 

“Ministry plans to restrict access to nearly all VPNs”

“Russia's digital development ministry plans to allocate nearly 60 billion roubles ($660 million) over the next five years to improve the system used to censor web traffic, a government proposal seen by Reuters shows.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-spend-over-half-billion-dollars-bolster-internet-censorship-system-2024-09-10/