I wonder what motivated the move, considering that Russia generally likes things that make America look bad. Plus, both the Russian govt and the daily stormer have a few things in common: they hate the LGBT community and advocate violence against people they don't agree with.
I assume that any website that promotes genocide is probably not a good thing to host no matter what country you are; considering Russia also fought against the Nazis.
Russia hates Neo-Nazi's as much as the rest of the world and they see them as a danger much like the many Chechen rebel factions. Having a common lack of interest or support for the LGBTQ community or their interests does not by default make their viewpoints compatible (Regarding Russia and Neo Nazi factions).
Cloudflare dropped their DDoS protection. Would you want them on your interconnect?
"The Daily Stormer website promotes neo-Nazi ideology, incites racial, national and other types of social discord," Roskomnadzor said in a statement on Thursday.
Russia is taking a firmer stance against neo-nazis than our current administration. What a time to be alive.
27 million russians died because of the Nazis. I'd be surprised if they tolerated that sort of content very well only a short while later.