The parent comment has never mentioned citizenship, only country of residence and nationality. As long as a Chinese/Russian/etc. national resides in one of the

The parent comment has never mentioned citizenship, only country of residence and nationality. As long as a Chinese/Russian/etc. national resides in one of the non-banned countries and can get hired just as well as any other national (regardless of whether they have a citizenship of the country they reside in or not), everything is alright in my book, because it has nothing to do with them on a personal level.