While Netflix is available in Russia, with 113 TV shows and 509 movies, you aren’t exactly going to enjoy yourself for too long on Netflix. Especially since most of the content available isn’t going to be of interest to you. What can you do? You can watch American Netflix in Russia. That’s over 1157 shows and 4593 movies. Much better, right?
In this guide, we will show you how to watch American Netflix in Russia, but also how you can overall access the most Netflix regions possible. As yes, American Netflix has the most content, but it doesn’t have it all. For instance, Power is available on the UK Netflix but not on American Netflix, as the network creating the show has exclusive rights to it in the US.
Watching American Netflix in Russia is far easier than setting up the likes of Hulu or DAZN which we also have guides on.
That’s because unlike Hulu, Netflix is overall available worldwide, and there’s no need to get American cards to register.
And that means that there’s no need to go through tricky registrations nor any need for you to have to change the location of your app store to download Netflix.
All that’s needed is you making Netflix think that you are in the US.
And you do that by using a VPN.
VPN services allow you to virtually change your location without moving, which is exactly what needs to happen if you want to watch American Netflix in Russia.
Unfortunately, Netflix makes constant efforts to prevent VPN services from working.
Let’s give an example of the show, Power.
Netflix pays to show it in the UK, but it doesn’t pay to show it in the US because the network that created it wants to showcase it exclusively on its platform in the US. If someone is able to use a VPN to use UK Netflix to watch Power, then that network is losing money. That’s why platforms like Netflix have to take measures to prevent VPN services from working. Otherwise, they would get in trouble.
And that’s why it’s crucial to do your research about the VPN that you are getting. 3,000+ servers do not mean that you will be able to watch American Netflix in Russia. Quality matters more than quantity. And that’s where PrivateVPN comes in as a service that offers far fewer servers than that of the competition, but that offers servers that work with services that people want to use, such as American Netflix in Russia.
In fact, PrivateVPN supports the most Netflix regions on the market. Whether you want to watch Thai, UK, or American Netflix, PrivateVPN supports 21+ Netflix regions, allowing you to watch the widest possible Netflix library out there.
It’s not exactly a secret that Russia censors some content.
And while it’s not as bad as China in that field, it is working with China on content filtration since 2015.
Using a VPN won’t just let you watch American Netflix in Russia. It will also allow you to access the sites that Russia has blocked in the past, while also making sure you are safe if you are accessing sites that Russia might feel sensitive about.
From the perspective of security, PrivateVPN comes with military-grade AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 256-bit encryption code with 2048-bit DH key type of encryption, which is the highest standard available on the market, making sure that whatever you are transmitting on the internet is encrypted and safe from the access of others.
As a Swedish VPN, PrivateVPN is not able to store any logs about your usage. In the past, it has been seen that pressure from the government has led VPN services to release log files about users, which are often the only piece of data standing between your full 100% protection. Sweden has tight privacy laws that prevent us from storing such logs if we wanted to, which isn’t the case with some other countries out there.
When it comes to security, it’s also very important not to leak data. That’s why the PrivateVPN client comes with IPv6 Leak Protection, DNS Leak Protection, and a Kill Switch that will kill your internet if your VPN was to stop working. It shouldn’t, but sometimes things that shouldn’t stop working, stop working. Better safe than sorry.
Using PrivateVPN will let you watch American Netflix in Russia as well as many other services such as Hulu which we have guides about on our blog, but using PrivateVPN will also keep you protected whether that’s from your internet provider or the government.
Written by Michael Smolski.