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You don't get banned for activating a CD key.
How and/or where you purchase(d) your CD key(s) is none of their business.
However, using a VPN is against the SSA, and can get your account disabled. Even if the game is available in your region, certain regions have different pricing. If you use a VPN to get around these restrictions, (for example, buy the russian version of the game and use a russian VPN), your account can get disabled.
Is that a problem?
Using a VPN to activate a game is a violation of te SSA. And will result in your account being suspended
Only purchase from authorized resellers
I want to buy ARMA 3 and there are 2 options in the site-
standard purchase which is 35$
and VPN which is 20$
So you're saying that if I buy standard purchase and get a normal cd key and activate it I won't get any problems with steam?
That site is not one
Isn't a Steam account's nationality so to speak set in stone upon registration
Only Steam Support can change that.
First, NONE of those shady "key seller" sites are "legit" in any way. For your safety, you should buy ONLY from authorized resellers such as Amazon, GMG, and such, regardless of what others may have told you about the site's "legit" status or what they bought there. It is always a risk.
Second, using VPN to hide/change your country of origin is an SSA issue and not a VAC one and can result in far more severe consequences.
In short: No, you may not use VPN to activate a game which is not activatable in your country.