The Russian VPN market is full of marketing claims and short on independent comparisons.
Selection criteria. Six providers operating in Russia.
Evaluation criteria. Six dimensions:
What we deliberately did not measure.
| Provider | Protocol | Post-quantum | 0-RTT | RUB payments | Crypto | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProxysVPN FIRST | VLESS Reality + ML-KEM | ✓ ML-KEM 768 | ✓ | ✓ YooKassa | ✓ NOWPayments | ✓ 3 days for ₽10 |
| AdGuard VPN | Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ BTC, ETH, USDT | ✓ Limited (3GB/mo) |
| ZoogVPN | WireGuard, OpenVPN | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ CoinGate | ✓ 7 days |
| Trust.Zone | OpenVPN, WireGuard | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ BTC, USDT, ETH | ✓ 3 days |
| AmneziaVPN | AmneziaWG, OpenVPN, IKEv2 | ✗ | ✗ | Self-hosted | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Outline | Shadowsocks | ✗ | ✗ | Self-hosted | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
Russian commercial service.
Cypriot AdGuard.
Greek-based.
Seychelles-based.
Russian self-hosting.
Jigsaw / Google.
The right choice depends on threat model.
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