It's a mixed bag. There are very real pragmatic reasons for Russians wanting to have their data stored locally. At the same time, theses laws can be applied v

It's a mixed bag. There are very real pragmatic reasons for Russians wanting to have their data stored locally. At the same time, theses laws can be applied very unevenly, and can often become means to play geopolitical games. This 'ban' may be on some level part of the constant diplomatic tit-for-tat that China/US/Russia play against one another. I mean - think of the other 100's of thousands of apps that store Russian's users data in the US, as opposed to Russia ... So messy :)