[rosndo]

Russia set laws to do this, Russia is not actively doing this, Roskomnadzor is capable of doing this at any time.

All of the above are true.

I guess I’m the only one of us that actually works with this stuff in Russia on a regular basis.

Removing root nameservers from RF would have zero real-world impact unless the RF government decided to take additional actions after that.

[inopinatus]

I haven't been back in Russia since 1991. That was another interesting year for infrastructure, to be sure.

But on this day in history I would not bet against the likelihood of an Iron Curtain descending once more.