Russia blocks millions of ip addresses including targets on amazon and google.
Telegram's owner Durov (excerpt):
To support internet freedoms in Russia and elsewhere I started giving out bitcoin grants to individuals and companies who run socks5 proxies and VPN. I am happy to donate millions of dollars this year to this cause, and hope that other people will follow. I called this Digital Resistance – a decentralized movement standing for digital freedoms and progress globally.
The full article:
https://telegram.me/durov