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Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by skinkestek on Friday September 17, 2021 @12:56PM (#28567776)
Good points.

Russia unlike certain others probably won't torture their loved ones because of this.

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Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by xyzzyz on Friday September 17, 2021 @01:33PM (#28568335)
Of course, if they ever go back to Russia, they risk prosecution. Rather rough deal.
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Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by ashtonkem on Friday September 17, 2021 @01:56PM (#28568704)
“Leave and never be able to visit your family for as long as the current regime lasts” is a tough call. People do do that, but the pain of remaining has to be very high to make the tradeoffs palatable.
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Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by skinkestek on Friday September 17, 2021 @04:06PM (#28570317)
Pavel Durov knows a bit of this I heard.
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Re:Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian e... by lambdadmitry on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:48PM (#28589355)
He doesn't. He regularly visited Saint Petersburg office after being "exiled".
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