It's not a surprise to anybody playing cs:go. Valve loves Russian players and their blatant propaganda is ignored, including names, avatars, flags etc. Put ukrainian flag in your avatar, russians will collectively report you, and after you are blocked, steam support will tell you to stop doing things that 'upset comunity'.
It's not even a secret on whose side Valve stands. They are not even pretending to be neutral, and their argument of keeping comunication channels open to provide Russian players with alternative information is deeply flawed, as they do active steps to stop such flow of information.
Easy solution is a boycott, gaming providers market became quite saturated in a last couple of years, there is plenty to choose from.
It's not even a secret on whose side Valve stands. They are not even pretending to be neutral, and their argument of keeping comunication channels open to provide Russian players with alternative information is deeply flawed, as they do active steps to stop such flow of information.
Easy solution is a boycott, gaming providers market became quite saturated in a last couple of years, there is plenty to choose from.