# Is access to Elasticsearch / Elastic Cloud restricted for Belarus?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-access-to-elasticsearch-elastic-cloud-restricted-for-belarus/300784
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 27, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-access-to-elasticsearch-elastic-cloud-restricted-for-belarus/300784 "2022-03-27T15:47:52Z")
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### Author: ![Sleepy\_Panda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sleepy_panda/32/78663_2.png) [@Sleepy\_Panda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sleepy_Panda)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-access-to-elasticsearch-elastic-cloud-restricted-for-belarus/300784/1 "2022-03-27T15:47:52Z")

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Is access to Elasticsearch restricted for Belarus?

I can't pull the Docker image:  
`docker pull docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.1.1` leads to `The Amazon CloudFront distribution is configured to block access from your country`.

Any attempt to access `cloud.elastic.co` also ends with `Error 451 unavailable for legal reasons`.

The announcement says that Elasticsearch will not sell its products to Russia: [Elastic Stands with Ukraine | Elastic Blog](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-stands-with-ukraine)  
Anyway, I'm not able to find any official announcements about restrictions for Belarus, and specifically about blocked access to Docker images.

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-access-to-elasticsearch-elastic-cloud-restricted-for-belarus/300784/2 "2022-03-28T23:28:08Z")

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I'm just waiting on something official I can share here.

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-access-to-elasticsearch-elastic-cloud-restricted-for-belarus/300784/3 "2022-03-31T05:37:03Z")

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Yes, Belarus is blocked as well.

That blog post will be updated accordingly.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-access-to-elasticsearch-elastic-cloud-restricted-for-belarus/300784/4 "2022-04-28T05:37:48Z")

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