{"id":325810,"date":"2026-01-02T07:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/?p=325810"},"modified":"2026-01-02T07:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:14:05","slug":"faceit-blocked-in-russia-service-restricted-over-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faceit-blocked-in-russia-service-restricted-over-extremism","title":{"rendered":"FACEIT blocked in Russia: service restricted over \u201cextremism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The esports matchmaking service FACEIT has become unavailable in Russia for part of the user base. Instead of the page loading, a standard Roskomnadzor notice appears stating that access is restricted due to \u201cextremist materials.\u201d The first connection issues began about a week ago, and now certain providers are already fully blocking the resource.<\/p>\n

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The official ban of the service in Russia is being reported by the users themselves: at first they noticed long client and site loading times, and now they see the typical Roskomnadzor blocking window with a reference to the law \u201cOn information, information technologies, and information protection.\u201d There are currently no public comments from FACEIT regarding the situation, nor any open clarifications from the regulator.<\/p>\n

Judging by the reports, the blocking is network-based and depends on specific internet providers: some users cannot access the site at all, while others experience issues with authorization or matchmaking.<\/p>\n\n

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What exactly users see<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Users report that when trying to access the website or web client, a message appears stating that access to the information resource is restricted by decision of the competent authorities. In other words, this is not a technical outage of the service, but blocking at the access level inside the country.<\/p>\n

Some players note that at first the problems looked like \u201cendless loading\u201d or connection drops, but later were replaced with a direct blocking notice.<\/p>\n

Context for the CS2 scene<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For many years FACEIT has been a key platform for:<\/p>\n