Aren’t the removed commiters with direct access to the kernel? It’s not like it’s some rando that makes pull requests.

I guess it’s difficult to otherwise explain the position you have? It’s not like people face criminal charges in Russia just for speaking against it. It’s easy to see how the state would want to introduce backdoors to most western systems.

It’s extremely sad that a lot of good Russians get swooped in this. But even abroad their lives are in danger to fight the state.

I’m pretty sure not just the US wants Russia sanctioned to the oblivion. All of the Europe that borders Russia wants that. Now why would it be like that?