[phainopepla]

By specifying Crimea and ruling out existing payment structures for journalism based around traditional banking like Substack or Patreon, you imply that the journalist in question is in some way committing an illegal or transgressive act that requires a degree of anonymity from governmental authorities.

[angio]

No, companies based in the US or that want to do business in the US are the ones that cannot serve the Crimea-based journalist, but the journalist is in the clear.