@BeyondPurpleTulips
I haven't seen it mentioned on here yet, but Pokémon go has also been shut off in Russia (apparently it just shows a blank map if you can even log in). According to the (allegedly) Russian poster I saw talking about it, it is common knowledge there that they are being sanctioned for an illegal invasion
To clarify (since it looks like from order of posts and how Instagram is being banned) Pokemon Go has been pulled not banned.
Pokemon Go is a Nintendo / Niantic collaborative - so Japanese / American, so perhaps less of a surprise.
But its not just Pokemon Go that's been pulled. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have pulled all Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox software, hardware and online community in Russia. PlayStation have also shut shops.
Tbh, its likely that no one will be able to afford them in a couple of weeks so there's commercial sense in there too, but it does highlight how grim life for young Russians in particular is going to get.
No international sport of any kind, no gaming, no Hollywood movies, no western fastfoods, no western popstars touring, no Internet, no whatsapp, no Facebook, no Instagram.
These are things they grown up with and are normal. For those who lived through the Soviet era is possibly more tolerable but the shock of this is going to be enormous.