I didn't mean to say Russia is a third world country .but I live in a third world country which closely follows Russia's rules.Apology to all Russians misinterpreting my comment :)

As for the complete nonsense you have something working for 5 years suddenly it gets news coverage with no significant usage increase and is blocked . I have no source but this is the exact case where I live. there's something ,like a publicity threshold.It sounds silly and irrational because it is silly and irrational. Or perhaps I am wrong and some experts were analyzing protonmail for 5 years and now came to the rational conclusion to block it.