On May 15, 2017, President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree blocking a number of Russian resources on the territory of Ukraine. Their list included the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, search engines Yandex and Mail.ru. In the near future, the ban will come into force, Internet providers will begin to restrict access to popular resources. For those users who do not want to put up with the current situation, we have prepared detailed instructions on how to access sites blocked in the country.
How to bypass VKontakte blocking on a computer
There are several ways to regain access to Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Yandex, Mail.ru and other inaccessible resources: using a VPN, Tor browser or traffic saving mode in Chrome. In all cases, the real Ukrainian IP address of the user is replaced, since data transfer takes place through foreign servers in countries where yandex.ru, vk.com and other resources are allowed.
Via Opera
The Opera browser for PC (download: http://www.opera.com/ru/download) has a built-in VPN. To
To activate it, click on “Menu” in the upper left corner.
Select "Settings" from the list.
Go to the Security section and check Enable VPN.
A “VPN” icon will now appear next to the address bar. By clicking on it, a list of additional options will open: there you can disable the virtual network, see the amount of transmitted traffic and change the server.
Other VPN services and how to install them
There are many decent options: for example, TunnelBear or Hola. Personally, I have been using the ZenMate browser extension for a long time. The free version has a limited list of countries, but you can access Yandex, Odnoklassniki or VK from any of them.
In Chrome open the menu, select “More tools” → “Extensions”.
Scroll down and click "More Extensions".
The Chrome Web Store will open. Find ZenMate and click the Install button.
Then “Install extension”.
To use ZenMate, you must register for an account. It does not take a lot of time.
A service icon will appear in the upper right corner, clicking on which you can manage the VPN.
In Firefox Click on the menu and select “Add-ons”.
A new tab will open, go to the Extensions section and search for “ZenMate”.
Click “Install” next to the desired extension.
You will also need to create a new account or log into an existing one.
Enable/disable VPN, change the country with the server using the button at the top.
Tor Browser
A well-known tool for anonymity on the Internet can be useful for accessing blocked sites. Tor is a virtual tunnel system that allows encrypted connections. Your ISP will not be able to track outgoing traffic. For ease of use, the developers shoved Tor into the Firefox browser shell. Download development for computer.
Saving traffic in Google Chrome
Using the above instructions for installing add-ons in Chrome, download the Data Saver extension. After that, try opening the desired site.
If necessary, the function can be disabled by clicking on the corresponding icon in the upper right corner.
How to log into VK, Odnoklassniki, Yandex in Ukraine from your phone
Now let's move on to ways to open blocked sites Mail.ru, Vkontakte, Yandex and Odnoklassniki from smartphones and tablets running Android and iOS.
On Android (browser settings)
Mobile browsers Chrome and Opera also have a data saving mode.
In Chrome for Android you need to go to “Menu” → “Settings” → “Traffic saving” and activate this option.
expand the menu and click on the gears.
Select “Traffic Saving” and activate it.
Thanks to such simple manipulations, you may be able to access mobile versions of social networks. networks from a browser.
We go to the VKontakte application on Android using a VPN
If you are used to using the VK application, you will have to install a VPN on Android. It appeared on Google Play not long ago, you can download it.
Everything in the program is extremely clear: with one button you launch the VPN and with the same button you can change the region if necessary. To disable VNet, open the side menu and toggle the slider.
Using VPN on iPhone, iPad
For Apple devices, the list of free VPN services is limited. The Opera client is not available in the Ukrainian App Store, but there is an equally good option - VPN Master. I use it myself and recommend it.
It is enough to press a single button to redirect traffic to a foreign server. Select the country in the side menu, the ping is also displayed there.
Tor for mobile devices
On Android, Tor comes in the form of two applications: Orbot Proxy and Orfox: Tor Browser.
After downloading, open the first one and click “Launch”, thereby creating an encrypted connection.
There is a VPN Browser application for Apple devices. The free version has ads, so I would recommend buying PRO for 149 rubles.
Summarizing
Many users will suffer from the ban on the social networks Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte, as well as Yandex and Mail.ru in Ukraine. Now they will have to install extensions, download programs, and learn to use a VPN. I hope that our instructions will help you figure out how to bypass blocking of your favorite sites.
Nowadays, social networks not only perform the function of communicating with people, but also replace a number of other sites for us, for example music, which you can listen to without any problems. But what to do if music does not start on the most popular social network in Russia, VKontakte. In this article we will tell you why music is not played on VK through the Yandex browser.
To fix the problem you need to know the following
1. Turbo mode. If you have a slow Internet, then the turbo mode will come in handy, because it speeds up the playback of pages by closing several files. The catch with this feature is that in order to increase speed, it pauses the playback of music, videos and flash files. This is why music cannot be loaded, because the turbo mode simply blocks access to it.
To disable turbo mode, go to the Yandex browser settings and click on the line “Show additional settings”, there you will find a button to turn this function on and off.
2. Blocking flash banners. Another Yandex browser protection that can cause harm is blocking flash files. It is intended mainly for pop-up advertisements and banners, but sometimes it can impose a ban on playing music. To disable blocking, open your browser settings and select the “Add-ons” page. There you will find the ill-fated blocker.
3. Viruses. Like other browsers, Yandex can get a virus that will prevent the playback of music and videos. You can only find a virus thanks to an antivirus, which can also be installed on your browser.
4. Extensions. To increase the functionality of the browser, you can install various types of programs called extensions. Unfortunately, there are scammers here too who offer to install malicious programs. By the way, there are extensions that not only block music and video, but are also capable of giving you false advertising on social networks and even hacking your account. You can disable and remove programs in the “Extensions” tab, which is located in the browser settings.
Now you know why music is not played on VK through the Yandex browser. Other reasons include a weak Internet, an outdated or missing Flash Player, or malfunctions of the social network itself, which also happens.
Hello, dear readers of the blog site. I devoted one of my last articles entirely to the topic. There were a lot of ways (including) that can help in this difficult matter. However, the social network Vkontakte is the largest in RuNet (hundreds of millions of registered users) and, accordingly, provides the greatest chance of success. Many people understand this and start the search with her.
But lately. Without this, you will not be able to register or log in. Of course, this somewhat limits the circle of those who would like to, but for various reasons cannot register on this social network (there is no mobile phone at hand, the number is already linked to another VK account, access to which has been lost, etc.).
Good that You can search for people on VKontakte without authorization. You still lose something, but the main functionality that allows you to find the person you need in this social network is preserved. Let's look at this a little more closely.
Search on the “People” tab without registering in VK
There is a high probability of finding people through the network if they are still relatively young, and therefore socially active. In this case, it’s worth starting with Contact. In this case, it would be desirable to know the first and last name of the wanted person, as well as at least the approximate date of birth, place of residence, years and place of study. The fact is that most users have this data and it is by this data that they can search.
So, first you will need to go to the main page of this social network - vk.com. Because For some reason we don’t want to register or don’t have the opportunity, so let’s get straight to the main thing. At the very bottom of the main (or any other) Contact page you will see a small menu, among which it will be easy to find the item "People"- that’s exactly what we need.
On the page that opens in VK, enter in the top line the first and last name of the person you are looking for:
Please note that in my case, VK returned only two results, which is simply great, because you won’t have to look through thousands of profiles or try to filter them. But using the more common full name, VKontakte found as many as one hundred thousand people, which clearly makes it impossible to manually filter them by viewing profiles:
Moreover, you can waste time in vain, because among these “Ivanovs” there are not so many real people with such a surname - after all, this is the first “original” pseudonym that comes to mind when you don’t want to register under your real name for some reason .
To significantly speed up the search for the person you need in Contact, it will be enough use filters from the right area open page. There you can specify the country and city of residence of the person you are looking for, and, for example, when searching for former classmates and fellow students, you can, respectively, indicate the school and university where they studied (indicating the class, faculty, year of graduation).
This will weed out unnecessary people from the final list, if, of course, the one you are looking for has indicated their real data, and not “taken from the air.” If you have information about at least the approximate age of the person you are looking for, then by all means use this (VK allows you to set the range of the estimated age of people). If you know your exact date of birth, you can specify it in the drop-down menu of the lowest “Advanced” filter.
Unfortunately, Kontatka is full of long-abandoned pages, and all your search efforts may be in vain if the person you found has not visited his page for a long time, and he has not indicated any other information in his contacts. You can check the date of the user’s last visit to your page at the very top:
There is a possibility that without finding a specific person online, you will be able to find his relatives(if you know them), and through them reach the subject you need. It is advisable to use all possible options to increase the likelihood of success.
Searching for people on VKontakte via Yandex or Google
If you still don’t want to register in VKontakte or can’t (just below I’ll give an example of searching by photo through this social network, although this is only available for registered users) and searching using VK does not give results, then you can try search for a person using Yandex or Google. After all, their search algorithms are more advanced, and they may be able to achieve something that could not be done directly on the website of this social network.
Search engines allow use different operators when entering a query(read about this in articles about and about ), which, among other things, allow you to limit the search area to one or more sites (in our case it will be vk.com). To do this, just enter the following construction into the search bar:
Site:vk.com First Name Last Name
If this method seems complicated to you, then you can use the advanced search form, which is available from both Yandex and Google (just follow the links provided). There, it will be enough to fill out only two fields: the request (by entering the first and last name of the person you are looking for) and the site on which the search will be conducted (in our case, this is http://vk.com/):
If this does not help you, you can still try to register in Contact and try to find the person you need by his photo, even if you do not know his first name, last name, or any other data. Oddly enough, the probability of such an event is quite high - you just need to know how to do it. Actually, read about this below.
How to find a person through Contact by photo (registration required)
How to do it?
Go to the most popular communities (look at the number of subscribers, because the success of the entire event depends on this) and click on the “Suggest news” button:
After this you can start creating an application to find the person you need in VK(with photo attached). To do this, click on the “Submit news” button, enter the text of the application, attach a photo of the person you are looking for and send it for moderation. After the group’s moderators approve it for publication, it will appear on the main page of this group and will be seen by many thousands of people who have subscribed to the news of this community (this is why it is important to choose the most popular groups of this kind).
All this significantly increases the likelihood of successfully finding people through VKontakte, even if you do not know their first or last name, but only have a photograph. It is possible that in the comments to your application someone will respond and tell you who may be depicted in this photo. Group for searching people through VK can be found for almost any city in the CIS countries, because this social network is very popular among the Russian-speaking audience.
Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site
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On May 15, 2017, President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree blocking a number of Russian resources on the territory of Ukraine. Their list included the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, search engines Yandex and Mail.ru. The ban has already come into force, Internet providers have begun to restrict access to popular resources. For those users who do not want to put up with the current situation, we have prepared detailed instructions on how to access sites blocked in the country.
How to bypass VKontakte blocking on a computer
There are several ways to regain access to Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Yandex, Mail.ru and other inaccessible resources: using a VPN, Tor browser or traffic saving mode in Chrome. In all cases, the real Ukrainian IP address of the user is replaced, since data transfer takes place through foreign servers in countries where yandex.ru, vk.com and other resources are allowed.
Via Opera
The Opera browser for PC (download: http://www.opera.com/ru/download) has a built-in VPN. To activate it, click on “Menu” in the upper left corner.
Select "Settings" from the list.
Go to the Security section and check Enable VPN.
A “VPN” icon will now appear next to the address bar. By clicking on it, a list of additional options will open: there you can disable the virtual network, see the amount of transmitted traffic and change the server.
Other VPN services and how to install them
There are many decent options: for example, TunnelBear or Hola. Personally, I have been using the ZenMate browser extension for a long time. The free version has a limited list of countries, but you can log into VK, Odnoklassniki or Yandex from any of them.
In Chrome open the menu, select “More tools” → “Extensions”.
Scroll down and click "More Extensions".
The Chrome Web Store will open. Find ZenMate and click the Install button.
Then “Install extension”.
To use ZenMate, you must register for an account. It does not take a lot of time.
A service icon will appear in the upper right corner, clicking on which you can manage the VPN.
In Firefox Click on the menu and select “Add-ons”.
A new tab will open, go to the Extensions section and search for “ZenMate”.
Click “Install” next to the desired extension.
You will also need to create a new account or log into an existing one.
Enable/disable VPN, change the server region using the button at the top.
Alternative options are available for Chrome and Firefox that work similarly to ZenMate. In the free version the number of countries is limited:
- friGate
- Browsec
Tor Browser
A well-known tool for anonymity on the Internet can be useful for accessing blocked sites. Tor is a virtual tunnel system that allows encrypted connections. Your ISP will not be able to track outgoing traffic. For ease of use, the developers shoved Tor into the Firefox browser shell. Download the utility for your computer.
Anonymizers
It’s far from the best way to bypass blocking of prohibited VK, OK or Mail.ru, but it’s worth mentioning. There are special sites that allow you to open web pages through a proxy. Just insert the resource address, for example, vk.com or ok.ru and go to it.
Although anonymizers make it possible to log into VKontakte and Odnoklassniki in Ukraine, unfortunately, many of them engage in phishing, so for browsing on social media. networks where you have to enter your username and password are not suitable for everyone. In addition, the proxy data transfer speed leaves much to be desired.
Saving traffic in Google Chrome
Using the above instructions for installing add-ons in Chrome, download the Data Saver extension. After that, try opening the desired site.
If necessary, the function can be disabled by clicking on the corresponding icon in the upper right corner.
How to log into VK, Odnoklassniki, Yandex in Ukraine from your phone
Now let's move on to ways to open blocked sites Mail.ru, Vkontakte, Yandex and Odnoklassniki from smartphones and tablets running Android and iOS.
On Android (browser settings)
Mobile browsers Chrome and Opera also have a data saving mode.
In Chrome for Android you need to go to “Menu” → “Settings” → “Traffic saving” and activate this option.
expand the menu and click on the gears.
Select “Traffic Saving” and activate it.
Thanks to such simple manipulations, you may be able to access mobile versions of social networks. networks from a browser.
We go to the VKontakte application on Android using a VPN
If you are used to using the VK application, you will have to install . It appeared on Google Play not long ago, you can download it.
Everything in the program is extremely clear: with one button you launch the VPN and with the same button you can change the region if necessary. To disable VNet, open the side menu and toggle the slider.
UPD: Due to the large number of Opera VPN installations from Ukraine, the developers have temporarily removed the application from the Ukrainian version of Google Play. Instead, use a suitable VPN service for Android from our selection (link to article above). A similar program that will quickly help you bypass the blocking of VK and Odnoklassniki is Turbo VPN: activated with one button, there are several countries to choose from. The downside is that advertising is shown during use.
Proxy server in the VK client
In the updated VK application for Android, the developers have added the “Use Proxy Server” function. Go to Settings → General and activate it.
We use VPN on iPhone, iPad
For Apple devices, the list of free VPN services is limited. The Opera client is not available in the Ukrainian App Store, but there is an equally good option - Browsec. I use it myself and recommend it.
Management is as simple as possible: several free locations are available in the drop-down menu on the main screen (their list is expanded in the premium version). Below is a slider that turns the protection on/off.
Another popular application is VPN Master. It is enough to press a single button to redirect traffic to a foreign server. In the side menu, select the region, the ping is also displayed there.
Tor for mobile devices
On Android, Tor comes in the form of two applications: Orbot Proxy and Orfox: Tor Browser.
After downloading, open the first one and click “Launch”, thereby creating an encrypted connection.
In addition, Orbot Proxy can be useful with its experimental feature - VPN application mode. That is, a virtual private network is not created for the entire Android system, but only for the programs you select. To do this, activate the first item in the side menu, then check the application from the list.
There is a VPN Browser application for Apple devices. The free version has ads, so I would recommend buying PRO for 149 rubles.
Changing DNS
The last way to access VK, Odnoklassniki and Yandex in Ukraine is to change the DNS addresses of the provider’s servers to public Google Public DNS:
- 8.8.8.8
- 8.8.4.4
If you are using a Wi-Fi router, change them in the settings.
On a Windows PC, the DNS setup process will take a little longer:
1. In the taskbar, right-click on the Internet connection icon, select “Network and Sharing Center”.
To download music in the Yandex browser, you can install a special plugin (extension). There are plugins that help download music on VKontate, and there are also universal ones that work with other video hosting sites.
Extensions for Yandex browser VKontakte
We download only from VK.
The program allows you to download music files from Vkontakte. Here’s the situation, go to your VKontakte account, go to the music files and how to download them? 
To install, go to the Chrome online store. (Google Chrome Store, not Yandex, because this web browser is made on the basis of the Chromium browser and all applications from Chrome are fully compatible with the Yandex browser). At the top left in the search form, enter “VKSaver” and press the “Enter” key. 
After that, we see similar extensions (you can install any), to the right of the extension, click the hefty blue “Install” button. A window pops up. 
Click the “Add” button. That's it, the extension is installed.
Now let's get to the music. 
And we see that next to the record button there is a download button - click on it and the music is on your computer.
If for some reason you were unable to install VKSaver, then try this. There is a version of it on the website yandex-bar.ru. You can download the link by clicking on it with your computer mouse. The next step is to install the plugin in your web browser. The license is accepted (click on the word “I accept” in the small rectangle at the bottom of the agreement). Then the process can be continued by closing Yandex or without disabling it.
During it, you will be asked to make the browser your home page and make it the main one by default. This is a matter of taste for each user. The next window will ask you to install the extension. Just point the mouse arrow at the desired rectangle and press its left button, the installation will begin. In the window that appears after it, click on “OK”. After completing the installation of the plugin, you need to restart the browser. And then a new “button” will appear when you visit the VKontakte social network for each audio recording, you can download music and so on.
VkOpt
We go to the Google Chrome store. At the top left, in the appropriate field, enter “VkOpt” and press “Enter”. 
To the right of the VkOpt inscription, click the “Install” button. A confirmation window will appear. 
Click “Add”.
When we log into VKontakte we see that the “Download” button has appeared again. 
An alternative way to install “VkOpt
The program is downloaded from the website progy.pro, and installation occurs automatically. Go to enable the extension in the corresponding browser menu item. When the plugin is running, an extension icon appears in the upper corner of the search engine. It is used to download music. It is enough to find the necessary resource. Multimedia files are downloaded from the VKontakte network. There, next to the “Play” button, “Download” will appear. Just click to record a piece of music.
The free program MegaGrabber (“Megagrabber”) is also intended for the Yandex browser. Using it, you can select music and video files not only from VKontakte, but also from other video hosting sites. It is downloaded from the site.
Download the installation file and run it.
When installing, be careful, you are offered (by default) to install all sorts of other evil spirits. 
If you choose the “Full installation” option, then install Yandex elements, etc.
Set the switch to “Setting parameters” and uncheck the corresponding boxes.
Once completed, the integration window will pop up.
Select a browser and click the “Run” button.
How to use megagrabber
Its integration into the browser occurs automatically. The program has a user-friendly interface and is easy to manage. Supports multiple downloads simultaneously. In the settings menu, you just need to set the necessary parameters for program updates in order to always have the latest version. You can sort music and videos using the MegaGrabber buttons.
Video and audio download service - SaveFrom.net
There is another universal service for downloading music - SaveFrom.net. It is suitable for operating systems from Windows XP to Windows 8. It works with all web browsers and downloads music not only from VK.
We go to the address ru.savefrom.net. 
Where can I download music from? 
Advice: even if you find something interesting on other video hosting sites (not listed above), try it - there is a chance that music will be downloaded from other places.
If you want to expand the functionality, then install a free extension (it is also suitable for other browsers.
Click the “Install” button. Redirects to the page. 
Click the “Download” button. 
A “Download” icon will appear in the upper right corner of the browser. Now, when you visit a site with video or audio, just click this button and the download will begin.
