Holy shit.
The Russian gov send in an abuse request for the @Bellingcat to be removed from mstdn.social 
I am not gonna comply, and have replied to Hetzner
No way I'm gonna let the evils of the gremlin dictate stuff on anything I host
UPDATE: Hetzner ignores their requests and we're in the clear: https://mstdn.social/@stux/113662573364116275
If we do need to comply with Hetzner on this, I'm gonna look into an option to get mstdn.social in-home, like literally so they won't be able to touch anything
But that's a last resort since I do not have the hardware not money for that currently
At least there's options just in case
@stux @Bellingcat Hetzner is a fucking clowncar for not routing mail from *.ru to /dev/null (or a public laughing stock hall of shame).
@dalias @stux @Bellingcat Doesn't Putin spread propaganda that western countries hate Russians? That will just confirm it.
@light @stux @Bellingcat Even if that were true, troll, why would we care? It doesn't matter in the slightest what they think.
@dalias @stux @Bellingcat Because Russians are still people, even if their government is full of assholes.
@light @stux @Bellingcat Yes, absolutely, but that doesn't impose an obligation to entertain legal complaints from their country just to show them we respect their humanity.
@dalias @stux @Bellingcat I never said it did. You said to route mail from *.ru not *.gov.ru
@light @stux @Bellingcat Yes I did. You don't have to respect legal requests from a jurisdiction with no legitimate government/law.
@dalias @stux @Bellingcat So, you mean just mail to their takedown requests inbox or...?
@light @stux @Bellingcat Yeah basically.