As a business, finding and growing your customer base in Russia may seem impossible. It doesn't have to be. For many business sectors, Russia remains a market with active users and ongoing demand across sectors such as digital services, financial platforms, e-commerce, logistics, SaaS, and media delivery. With a population of approximately 143 million people, Russia is a large and dynamic market with tremendous potential, but potential that is out of reach without the right infrastructure.

You built your product to work everywhere. But 'everywhere' doesn't work the way it used to. A logistics company routes drivers through three African countries. One morning, the app stopped loading in one of them. No error message. No alert. Drivers just can't connect. It takes the team two days to realize the government throttled the protocol their app depends on. By then, deliveries have stalled, customers have churned, and the support queue is a disaster.

The internet was built on a simple idea: that information should flow freely, that collaboration should have no borders, and that access should be universal. That's not the reality for billions of people. In 2024, 4.8 billion people experienced government-imposed online restrictions. As of April 8, 2026, Iran's internet shutdown has exceeded 39 consecutive days and counting, the longest nationwide internet disruption ever recorded anywhere in the world. Russia is blocking platforms and cracking down on the tools people use to get around it. Across Africa, elections are being held under the cover of digital darkness. This is the world we work in. And it's exactly why Psiphon exists.