Major web services go dark in Russia amid reported Cloudflare block

Russian internet users experienced widespread outages across multiple regions, disrupting services such as TikTok, Steam, Twitch, banking apps, and government portals; while Roskomnadzor blamed reliance on foreign servers and urged migration to domestic hosting, experts attribute the issues to the regulator’s ongoing efforts to block Cloudflare. The report outlines inspections targeting foreign infrastructure, Cloudflare’s addition to a surveillance register, and the strategic push to move Russian services off Cloudflare, warning that a full ban could intensify censorship and force organizations to choose between reduced DDoS protection or loss of accessibility, given Cloudflare’s significant CDN market share.