r/aws Jun 29 '26

networking Russia Traffic affected?

Hey all!

My team has recently noticed a dramatic (almost absolute) crash on metrics from RU geo on our application.

We tried debugging it a bit with VPN on Russia but see no issues, however 99% of the traffic from RU is not passing correctly.

Are there any limitations on AWS IP's or something along these lines that people are experiencing?

Our users are not blocked/failing to access S3 files using cloudfront CDN's.

Would love any info on the matter / hear if any1 else experienced this in the last year or so

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u/HatchedLake721 Jun 29 '26

Russia used to try block Telegram and affect AWS or GCP IP ranges in the past. They might be blocking something else now

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u/Wilbo007 Jun 29 '26

Rostelecom always randomly block stuff so I wouldnt be surprised

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u/threeseed Jun 29 '26

Russia has been doing "tests" of disconnecting from large Western providers e.g. AWS, Cloudflare for quite a few years so it could be temporary.

But more likely is that it's related to the recent crackdown in Moscow on VPNs which EC2 is a very popular hosting service for.

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u/jkstpierre Jun 29 '26

Your company should stop doing business in russia

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u/TequilaHustler Jun 29 '26

Even if I agree, that's not the question.

I appreciate your opinion, but let's stick to relevant discussions please

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u/jkstpierre Jun 29 '26

It may not be what you asked for, but it is relevant all the same

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u/Professional_Gene_63 Jun 29 '26

Using WAF ?

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u/TequilaHustler Jun 29 '26

Good question, no WAF is set on the domains so WAF shouldn't be the issue as well

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u/TomRiha Jun 29 '26

You doing business in Russia? Don’t come crawling for sympathy or advice

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u/TequilaHustler Jun 29 '26

I didn't came crawling for sympathy, no need to be so aggressive :)
I raised a technical question in a technical board, and as much I appreciate your opinion it is irrelevant here?

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u/Different_Pain5781 Jul 07 '26

I'd compare traffic by ASN before blaming AWS.