Russian Users Report Issues Creating Google Accounts Using Russian Phone Numbers

The reason may be the Russian law on blocking SMS from abroad

Last month, the so-called Russian authorities began restricting the normal operation of YouTube video hosting in this entity. Google's response was not long in coming. In a few days, Russians came to an end to monetizing YouTube and websites, as Google AdSense began deactivating Russian accounts. Now Google has gone one step further and limited the ability to create new accounts for Russians.

This was reported by Russian TASS and Astra. According to the media, Russian users cannot register accounts on Google services by their numbers. It is noted that this happened, probably due to the new US sanctions package, which prohibited IT companies from providing their services on the territory of the Russian Federation. It will be effective from September 12. At the same time, Google representatives did not officially announce restrictions …

When you try, you receive an error message: “This number cannot be used for confirmation.” On Monday, September 9, Russian Internet users began to complain about the inability to create a new profile on Google using Russian phone numbers.

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Russian Users Report Issues Creating Google Accounts Using Russian Phone Numbers

On Monday, September 9, Russian internet users reported issues with creating new Google accounts, which are used to access Gmail and other online services provided by the company, according to Russian state-run news agency TASS. Attempts to register an account using any Russian phone number result in an error message: "This number cannot be used for verification." Google has not officially commented on the blocking of Russian users. The issue m…