Russia has adopted a law requiring web sites that Russians use to keep data about Russians in Russia.

This will make their data safe from spying by the US, but easily available for spying by Russia.

If this law applied only to only to stores and such, it might be a net improvement for Russians. However, blocking Russians from communicating through a foreign web site is oppressive.

An ethical communications system does not insist that people give their real names or their real locations. Such a system may not know if you're in Russia.