I don't quite understand why this has gotten more "noise" when after the attack last October they pretty much did the same for any code pushed or reverts from Palestinians although they made the same exceptions for unblocking with "sufficient documentation provided" as was also stated in this article. There was zero posts on Slashdot about that when it happened, although there was one on news.ycombinator that had some people upset and making a lot of the same arguments that people now are making in support of Russian linux developers.
I admit I'm probably wrong but while I don't really pay close attention to foreign drama nuances, the selective outrage seems weird.