Compared to these Canadian hockey players who had nothing to do with their leaders decisions…?
Also sexual assault is awful, but not exactly on the level of global wide issues and thousands of deaths…
Not to mention...
It's well understood that sports, especially national competition and tournaments, are the civilized way of waging war. It's a direct analogue involving resources, capital, skill, etc in order to prove superiority without loss of life.
Russia waging actual war sort of defeats that purpose.
You don't get to participate in make-believe war and real war, it seems like a decent compromise to me.