United Russia is suffering from internet blockages: its preliminary voting website was not included on the "white list."

For about a month, United Russia has been trying to get its preliminary voting website whitelisted. Currently, the resource is down due to internet blockages, and voting this year is only being conducted online. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) is also experiencing problems accessing its "People's Candidate" website—an equivalent of the primaries.

How to found Kommersant reported that since March 13, access to the United Russia website has been blocked without a VPN. In some regions, access to party websites is possible without bypassing the block, but not consistently. Currently, the "white list" only includes the Gosuslugi website and the remote electronic voting system. 

The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media explained to journalists that the final decision to include websites on the "white list" is made if the resource "complies with the requirements of the authorities responsible for ensuring security."  

Internet blockages have been going on for several months now, and since April 1, authorities promised block Telegram completely, but for now the messenger is working. Russian residents are increasingly complain The internet outage makes it impossible to pay for purchases, taxis, and public transportation. In several cities, citizens tried organize rallies against restrictions on internet access, but the authorities did not approve the protests.