* Edited: Disregard this comment *<p>Ok, so if OMZ is Russian, do know this:<p>Russia currently is &#x27;blocking&#x27; several websites. I.e. blocking at a DNS level, so this might be half witted attempt on keeping the censorship..<p>And as @swiley noted: some people only use the easier to remember 8.8.8.8 (I do that for instance)