17 MTProto proxies are under observation. Checks run from physical probes in three Russian macroregions over home and mobile carriers — not from a hosting provider, but from the same side the reader connects from.
MTProto is Telegram's own protocol. A proxy built on it carries Telegram traffic and nothing else: websites, YouTube and other apps will not go through it. It is set up with a single tg://proxy link inside the app, with no client to install — which is exactly how it differs from a VPN, which needs its own program and routes all of the device's traffic.
Public MTProto proxies do not live long: the address is blocked quickly, and the server is loaded down by other people's users. So the only useful answer to “which proxy works” is a measurement taken today, over the same carrier the reader is on. Each entry in the table shows the time of its last successful check.
A proxy is simpler: nothing to install, and it leaves the rest of your traffic alone. A VPN is more reliable and covers every app at once, but it needs a client and runs into protocol-level blocking more often. Both are measured here the same way — from real probes inside Russia; the VPN tab shows the other half of the same picture.
We test MTProto proxies over Russian home and mobile carriers: which ones answer today, from which networks, and how consistently.
Freedom Checker measures this in real time from physical probes inside Russia. The current list of working VPN services and Telegram proxies refreshes every 4 hours and is shown on the front page, broken down by carrier and region.
Measurements refresh every 4 hours, and each service shows the time of its last successful check.
Through Russia's main carriers — MegaFon, MTS, Beeline, Tele2 and Rostelecom — from probes in Moscow, Novosibirsk and the Far East.
Yes. Availability is measured with the allowlists in effect, so the results reflect what a user inside Russia actually gets.
Ateo Digital — the hub
Wanted Radar
Dozor 404