While Russia does encroach on various Internet liberties, it does so quite lazily so far. It does not have a great firewall, it does not have force-fed SSL certs, it does not crack down on the widespread VPN usage. When Roskomnadzor blacklists certain resources, Internet providers enforce it at their leisure, it seems, because different users report a resource either be blocked or not.<p>&quot;The strictness of Russian laws is compensated by their optional enforcement&quot;, as they say.<p>In a smaller country like Kazakhstan such things are easier to enforce, probably.