Interesting enough.
A friend noticed that after the European ban of Sputnick media, the website is not accessible not even through #TorBrowser:
I was surprised: how is it possible?
Open #Tor Browser and tried several times to change the route, to select a Russian exit node with no success.
What's going on, @torproject ?
Also I remember a recent update of Tor Browser and I realized the route selection algorithm might have been changed in that occasion.
Not sure.
I see #Tor can't select Russian exit node anymore. That's an interesting techno-political issue by itself.
No exit node in the whole Russia?
Sounds very unlikely.
However I'm afraid my friend gave me the wrong url as https://www.sputniknews.com is still reachable (even in normal http web browser).
@Shamar @torproject Isn't this called "Sputnik" without a 'c'? Or are you thinking of a different one?
You're right, my friend sent me the wrong url. I realized the error by looking at the wayback machine.
But the issue about Russian missing exit points is more serious.
@Shamar @torproject
I don't know about TOR, but I get this accessing via vpn:
_Sputnick.com and associated websites are under renovation.
We'll be back online shortly._
@Shamar I did the same experiment and experienced the same problem. The Great Firewall of Europe?