There's a _huge_ difference between having a firewall that can be bypassed by a VPN, and making all Russian websites and email inaccessible from outside Russia.

There's a _huge_ difference between having a firewall that can be bypassed by a VPN, and making all Russian websites and email inaccessible from outside Russia. Their request to remove all "domains issued in the Russian Federation" is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Do they honestly expect ICANN to spend exorbitant amounts of resources to help companies migrate? To help researchers maintain contact with Russian colleagues?