No, you have not read the article correctly. Maybe the FAQ helps: https://news.lumen.com/RussiaUkraine https://news.lumen.com/RussiaUkraine Simply put, they a

No, you have not read the article correctly. Maybe the FAQ helps: https://news.lumen.com/RussiaUkraine https://news.lumen.com/RussiaUkraine Simply put, they are closing their Russia business because of the heightened risk of state action and they have no interest in continuing their very limited operations in that environment. Maybe you missed the part where while there are economic sanctions, there are much harsher laws passed just recently inside Russia by Russia to control the media narrative around their special operation that obviously encompass internet providers and all involved in providing it and they are actively preparing to disconnect from the broader internet on their own initiative. You know, it turns out dictatorships care a lot more about cancelling media access than we ever could.