Dear relay operators,
Today the torproject.org was officially blocked in Russia. You can read more about the situation here[1].
Russia is the country with the second largest number of Tor users, with more than 300,000 daily users or 15% of all Tor users.
As it seems this situation could quickly escalate to a country-wide Tor block, it's urgent that we respond to this censorship!
We need your help NOW to keep Russians connected to Tor!
We are calling on everyone to spin up a Tor bridge.
If you've ever considered running a bridge, now is an excellent time to get started, as your help is urgently needed. You can find the requirements and instructions for starting a bridge in the Help Censored Users, Run a Tor Bridge blog post: https://blog.torproject.org/run-a-bridge-campaign/
Gus
[1] https://blog.torproject.org/tor-censorship-in-russia/ https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40050