{"id":44968,"date":"2026-09-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hubhide.com\/?hubhide_en_import=07"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:27:28","slug":"russian-sites-not-working-with-vpn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hubhide.com\/blog\/en\/russian-sites-not-working-with-vpn\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Services and Banks Do Not Work with a VPN: Why and How to Set Exceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You enable a VPN, watch videos and then open your bank. The bank asks for another verification, a government portal shows a blank page, or a marketplace reports an access restriction. The first thought is usually that the VPN is broken. Often it is not: the service sees a foreign IP address and applies its own security or regional rules.<\/p>\n

Why Russian services may dislike foreign IP addresses<\/h2>\n

Two broad reasons appear most often: fraud prevention and regional access policies. Banks evaluate logins using many signals, including device, browser, time, transaction details and network address. A sudden change of country can therefore increase the risk score even when the user is legitimate.<\/p>\n

The simplest solution: split tunneling<\/h2>\n

Split tunneling sends selected traffic directly to the internet while keeping the rest inside the VPN. Think of it as taking a local road to the nearby store while sending a long-distance trip through a protected tunnel.<\/p>\n

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Mode<\/th>\nHow it works<\/th>\nTypical use<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Exceptions<\/td>\nEverything uses the VPN except listed destinations<\/td>\nMost users<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allowlist<\/td>\nEverything is direct; only selected destinations use the VPN<\/td>\nWhen a VPN is needed for only a few services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Exceptions by app, domain or route<\/h2>\n

By application.<\/strong> On Android, many VPN clients let you exclude banking, government and taxi apps directly.<\/p>\n

By domain.<\/strong> A domain rule can send a service directly regardless of whether it is opened in a browser or an application. Remember that large services often use multiple subdomains.<\/p>\n

By route.<\/strong> Advanced configurations can send selected address ranges directly. This is more complex but can cover many destinations at once.<\/p>\n