> No Google, AppStore and Google Play means back to the 90s. You severely overestimate how dependent your average Russian is on these. Forget Google, etc. Acc

> No Google, AppStore and Google Play means back to the 90s. You severely overestimate how dependent your average Russian is on these. Forget Google, etc. According to the most authoritative public opinion pollster, 58% of Russians would not mind the Internet shut down in case of a national threat or mass protests (I.e. what happened in Turkey last year): http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2648228 http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2648228 > They should ignore the request, then be ready to close their offices and offer to relocate all employees to a foreign country. They already closed almost everything in Russia. > Tech companies should get political - that means get ready to temporarily loose certain markets in exchange for defending some core principles. Why then have they been bending over backwards for the Chinese government, acquiescing to it's every whim, to have a piece of that sweet large market?