Do you think it’s some sort of bug or mistake on their part, or that they’re actively trying to sanction Russia? What’s your opinion on this?
I see a lot of US companies blocking 5 country codes and .ru is one of them. It wouldn’t be that surprising if Microsoft is doing the same.
My opinion? It sucks that ordinary people over there are suffering for no fault of their own, but aside from direct conflict, making life hard for the populace would seem the only way to pressure the government.
That said, VPNs generally make this unenforceable and all it’s going to do is add a step to what people have to do over there.
I mean, Putin was elected. And there are definitely people who still support him. I wouldn’t call that “no fault of their own.”
Oh yeah. They totally have free elections! It’s not like Putin had his opposition arrested or anything like that. Totally didn’t arrest a bunch of protesters who protested the arrest of the candidate. Those things TOTALLY never happened.
(They actually happened.)
Putin was elected to begin with. He does have support, and to paint it otherwise is to be disingenuous.
Does he do terrible things? Yes! But he still has support.
