Dreadful decision.

You cannot politically influence the awful Putin regime if you do not punish the grassroots that support him and it. If you expect or want to attack that evil regime you must attack the support base.

You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

It is worse.

You are choosing to continue to support a people who back a regime that has started an unproked invasion and is actively using any and all resources available to it to wipe out cities for the "crime" of not being willing to let themselves be forced into domination by a dictatorial regime.

If even one sentence of one answer on this site helped one Russian citizen who supports this vile regime shave a second of their work, then it is more than they deserve.

You are engaged in "business as usual" with a country than has choosen the same path as Nazi Germany. And like Nazi Germany you are fools if you think this regime will stop at one. What of the Baltic states  ? What of former Soviet countries now free  ? Will you stand by and wait and see and continue business as usual  ?

Geo-targeted restrictions on access to Stack Overflow are unlikely to effectively block bad actors from using our site, and are technically difficult to maintain.

It would an inconvienence so you won't bother at all.

Pathetic.

The users impacted would more likely be students and practitioners, who would suddenly find themselves removed from one of the world’s largest and most consistently high-quality reference sources.

You mean it definitely would inconvience and annoy the very people who underpin that evil regime and it's facism ?

That's a reason to do it. It is the exact reason why you must block them.

The people who would be most inconvenienced would not be policy makers or members of the military – those people have access to tools to evade our IP based blocks. IP ranges also vary regularly, so these blocks would need to be continuously policed, yielding imperfect results and creating a substantial risk of impacting everyday citizens the most.

You mean it would impact the people whose sons are now shelling Ukrainian cities and killing Ukranian men, women and children  ?

So, again, a reason to block them, not to continue helping them.

Dreadful decision.

You cannot politically influence the awful Putin regime if you do not punish the grassroots that support him and it. If you expect or want to attack that evil regime you must attack the support base.

You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.

It is worse.

You are choosing to continue to support a people who back a regime that has started an unprovoked invasion and is actively using any and all resources available to it to wipe out cities for the "crime" of not being willing to let themselves be forced into domination by a dictatorial regime.

If even one sentence of one answer on this site helped one Russian citizen who supports this vile regime shave a second of their work, then it is more than they deserve.

You are engaged in "business as usual" with a country than has chosen the same path as Nazi Germany. And like Nazi Germany you are fools if you think this regime will stop at one. What of the Baltic states? What of former Soviet countries now free? Will you stand by and wait and see and continue business as usual?

Geo-targeted restrictions on access to Stack Overflow are unlikely to effectively block bad actors from using our site, and are technically difficult to maintain.

It would an inconvenience so you won't bother at all.

Pathetic.

The users impacted would more likely be students and practitioners, who would suddenly find themselves removed from one of the world’s largest and most consistently high-quality reference sources.

You mean it definitely would inconvenience and annoy the very people who underpin that evil regime and it's fascism?

That's a reason to do it. It is the exact reason why you must block them.

The people who would be most inconvenienced would not be policy makers or members of the military – those people have access to tools to evade our IP based blocks. IP ranges also vary regularly, so these blocks would need to be continuously policed, yielding imperfect results and creating a substantial risk of impacting everyday citizens the most.

You mean it would impact the people whose sons are now shelling Ukrainian cities and killing Ukrainian men, women and children?

So, again, a reason to block them, not to continue helping them.