Very interesting writeup.

Now I'm left wondering, what do we imagine google to be in russia when we say google should pull out?

Do we imagine that all of google will be blocked because they would no longer respond to russia's requests? Or maybe because act of pulling out is a political statement in on itself?

If google was the only connection to the western world, surely that would be different than if google was just one of many connections to the western world?

Maybe it's a slippery slope.

A bit unrelated, it seems like free satellite internet independent from state using smuggled phones could help. Maybe it's optimistic and naive, but I imagine it would be similar to getting illegal music and sharing that with your friends.