People who willingly stay in Russia, should be punished regardless of their position, because they fund the aggressor's army with their taxes and even fines, which they pay for their anti-government activities.
1) to get a asylum they somehow need to escape the country first, and stay somewhere before getting to the country of destination. This policy makes it a problem.
2) the policy, as it is worded, is applied to everyone who holds russian citisenship, regardless of residence. This is supported by the acecdotical evidence of my friend's reservation cancelled, who has a residence in South Africa.
But your overall position about punishing people staying in Russia regardless of their views is rather myopic. How do you ever plan to overthrow Putin's regime if you are severing all means of support for your allies within Russia? They are already oppressed from within, and you further their oppression from the outside. Good job!
> This is a consequence of sanctions, that are in turn a consequence of invading a country to start a genocide and destroy and loot as many as possible.
So you are calling for the punishment of people who have protested the criminal regimes and had to flee Russia and Belarus to save their lives? Just yesterday there was an assessment on Twitter that advancement on Kiev stalled because Belarus partisans kept disrupting railway lines. Now you support AirBnb decision to refuse those partisans service, if they'd ever need to escape the country. That's .. just wow.
When I was young, I thought how could it be that European countries have turned their backs on Jews fleeing the Nazi Germany. But now I see a lot of that very kind of people, very content with their virtue now they 'punished' evil russians.
Hint: If you really want to force Putin to stop the war, tell EU and US governments to stop buying oil and gas from Putin for hundreds of billions of euros every year.