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Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers
(www.theregister.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
But someone from the US is fine?
The US also has some incentives here, but I'd say it's far less likely to interfere than the ones I mentioned. As long as there's enough variety (i.e. some people from the EU and other regions), it should be fine.