The title is misleading. The request wasn't to cut off Russia from the net. It was to let .ru domains expire, and not issue SSL certificates for them. It woul

The title is misleading. The request wasn't to cut off Russia from the net. It was to let .ru domains expire, and not issue SSL certificates for them. It would only affect .ru and .рф websites. Russians would still be able to get their news from bbc.com — but maybe not ria.ru We all would have been better off. There's currently little-to-nothing of value on .ru websites.