This is a fair question. I also get nitpickity about it. Not because some organization or some person is Russian, then it must be under the control of Putin.

This is a fair question. I also get nitpickity about it. Not because some organization or some person is Russian, then it must be under the control of Putin. Pavel Durov is Russian, and I don't have reasons to believe he syphons my data to the Kremlin (other than getting randomly detained in France).