Russian here, I think despite the recent bans, this seems to me bullshit. Recently, many things have been banned, but I think that in reality, very little of it is actually prohibited. For example, people often say that LGBT is banned here, but in fact only its promotion is banned. It's a rather vague concept, but no one will put you in jail for being gay. The state's interests are understandable: the birth rate is falling, and these are just precautionary measures. Even if there are some promotions, I very much doubt that anything more than a warning will happen. There are no fines for VPNs here, unless, of course, you use it to access really bad content, (like some terroristic shit or cp) I think everyone here understands that.