Can AdGuard VPN be trusted?

of course. here’s the list of concerns, so we can have them in one place:

  • Two years ago they stated on Reddit that they have a head office in Russia, but in their official response they also stated that they are in the process of moving their staff to Cyprus. Has there been any progress here? We have literally zero update on this for two years. Do they still have a head office in Moscow?

  • Since they are offering a VPN service to bypass the Russian’s internet firewall, they are practically breaking the law in Russia. how they manage to do this while accepting Russian local payment system? The Russian local payment system is processes through passport.yandex.ru. Yandex is practically a Government owned entity since the sales of the Russian assets to the oligarchs.
    https://www.reuters.com/business/yandex-nv-says-first-phase-russia-divestment-deal-is-complete-2024-05-17/

  • What is the relationship of AdGuard with the Russian VPS provider, Serveroid. What is the nature of the working relationship between one of the founders, Igor Lukyanov, and Serveroid?

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