NVIDIA drivers are once again available for download in Russia

On October 23, 2024, users in Russia experienced difficulties accessing official Nvidia drivers. The company has not commented on this event in any way and Russians have exactly two assumptions. The first one is that sanctions now apply to drivers, and even Nvidia video cards bought on parallel import can no longer be updated. The second is that there was a mistake and access to drivers for Russians will be restored relatively quickly.
On the night of October 24, the media reported that Russian users could once again download drivers for NVIDIA graphics cards directly from the company’s official website without restrictions. Previously, access to updates had been hampered by restrictions, but now drivers can be downloaded again, just like before. This is important for both gamers and professionals who use graphics cards for work-related tasks. Restoring access keeps your graphics cards up to date and allows you to utilize all the latest updates and features.
Restoring access allows you to keep your graphics cards up to date and utilize all the latest updates and features.
It’s unclear what exactly this was. Perhaps really just a bug that was fixed. Or maybe the company was testing a regional restriction and will soon block all NVIDIA downloads in Russia. In any case, these signals are alarming and it’s too early to relax. Let us remind you that there were no problems with AMD products.