> The problem is: how do you run a business that has offices and physical assets > in Russia, without being at least partially beholden to the Russian governmen

> The problem is: how do you run a business that has offices and physical assets > in Russia, without being at least partially beholden to the Russian government? > They have demonstrated that they are not shy about using gangster tactics. To be fair, the US government has used gangster tactics to get US companies to install backdoors and allow encryption breakers.