It's a simplistic view allright, but then so is yours. Not all Russians are kremlin-dwelling villains, and not all westerners are post-colonial finger-waggers.

It's a simplistic view allright, but then so is yours. Not all Russians are kremlin-dwelling villains, and not all westerners are post-colonial finger-waggers. What Github does is no doubt for business and regulatory reasons, but also moral: after decades of downright malicious behavior on the international stage (not to mention the preceding 70 years of pure evil), Russia finally sunk so low in the world's esteem that doing business with or within Russia has now become "not done"; it's seen as enabling evil to continue. Even businesses that are not affected by the sanctions now hesitate to do business there (shipping, for example). It's unjust for ordinary Russians to get caught under these sanctions, and is perilously close to collective punishment, but Russia simply, finally went too far.