[ulveclok]

This Steam problem has affected all countries worldwide. There are confirmations on twitter from european, japanese, and other residents of "free" countries. The fact that only israelis, chinese and russians are complaining doesnt mean its related to their governments. Its just that in "free" countries Steam servers (SDR) are located throughout the country, while in "non-free" countries these servers may not exist at all. For example, to play with a neighbor both russian players need to connect to Sweden. I hope you know the geography and can predict the ping depending on how far a russian player might be from Sweden.