Private Internet Access shut down its Russian gateways and won’t do business in the region any longer. Provider said it had likely fallen foul of new Russian rules that require that providers must log local traffic for up to a year. The provider assured users that their data had not been compromised for the simple reason that it does not log any traffic or session data. It said in the wake of the development it was rotating all of its certificates and updating its client applications. Russia’s Internet regulator Roscommandzor could not be immediately reached for comment.”]

