The west is not isolating them, just they are self isolating. All independent media had to shut down there.
Western services are also cutting them off. I get the sense that's helping Putin.
An example:
> Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812
Maybe a DNS service is not the best example, but I feel like it's not the only service that I've seen do this.
EDIT: Better example:
> Internet backbone provider shuts off service in Russia
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/5/22962822/internet-backbone...
Even BBC has to restart using AM radio for its russian services (not done since the Cold War).
Stop 'victim playing' and blaming the west, when you should be blaming your leader for the massive censorship going on in Russia right now.
TF? I'm not Russian.
I put a better example.
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-moscows-claims-of-bio...
Lumen and Cogent already stopped peering with Russian ISPs. It's not Russian government, and they are doing the dirty work for the Russian government.
This is not about punishment or providing services, this is about peering and basic connectivity at the backbone level. It can break the Internet as the common medium, and not just for Russia. This sets the precedent that undermines decades of development and can make the biggest contribution to peace in the history of humanity fall apart into different bubbles.
Very powerful message and on point, it's no wonder every dictator shuts the net down when things start to turn/burn internally.
This environment of elevated risk is ample reason for any international business to avoid business with Russian nationals, other Russian entities, and anything to do with Russia, generally, at this time. It is unfortunate that Russian citizens may see less of the outside world as a consequence of these high level sanctions and of this politically risky situation. It is not the responsibility of these operators to remedy that.