Hi labris,
we are aware of some concerns re: our services in russia, but the good news is that we are actively working on removing road blocks that took a loong time to get fixed. We hope to see improvement here very soon - we are aware that it is very frustrating to not be able to access sites without a vpn 
In the meantime, you might read through this thread:
We will update that thread as soon as we have something to share. We will all be pleased when we have a fix!
Thanks for your patience.