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Either country can also say: "we have this law that requires people to help law enforcement agencies to implement backdoo^W special technical measures to advance national security interests, and also a gag order because it's a matter of national security".

I think Australia had something called Technical Capability Notices (TCNs) back in 2018? For legal entities for sure, not sure about hobbyists.

The last paragraph also makes the whole situation sound like someone cares for Russian developers' well-being. I highly doubt it was ever the intention.