This is my concern with any software from an obviously corrupt and autocratic state that attacks its citizens with impunity. How can I trust anyone there when they certainly, and rightfully, value their lives over my rights? No Russian is going to say no to the FSB torture machine. No one is going to become any sort of whistleblower. I would see any Russian software as being dangerous to run at this point and things only getting worse considering Putin's brazen anti-West attitude.
Maybe Kaspersky was safe to run once, but that's just not true anymore.