[arp242]

> Why not simply ignore such requests.

Because no one is helped by that, least of all Russian people wanting to use Firefox. It seems fairly obvious that "all of Firefox is not available in Russia" is worse than "two extensions are not available in Russia".

[patrakov]

It is not "all of Firefox is not available in Russia," as there will be unofficial mirrors, torrents, etc. But I hear you, it's indeed better to have two extensions available from unofficial sources only than the whole ecosystem.