Hi Vahan and everybody.
16.03.2022 13:41, Vahan Hovsepyan wrote:
At the time of changes, it is very important to keep communication alive, especially when we see so many new threats for the networks each day.
Communication _is_ important; I know it as a human being, as an Internet user from early 1990s (and BITNET user since mid-1980s), as a professional interpreter and translator for the last 27 years, etc. _However_, in the same way as there is "a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing", there are times to keep and develop communication, and times to refrain from communication with some parties.
It is not about politics as such; it is about fundamental human things. Russia has recently demonstrated that it does not care about those things. It has demonstrated as a country that it does not want to be a part of the global community (even though many of its citizens disagree with that position). Therefore, while the Internet is a global communication platform of great value, there are limits to any communication, in terms of using this platform, discussing it, developing it, etc.
I clearly understand that it would be unrealistic to expect any action whereby Russian entities would be deprived of all their IPv4 and IPv6 blocks, routing from and to Russian ASs would be blocked, etc. However, if it would happen, I would welcome it.
Sapienti sat.