Claiming hypocrisy does not in and of itself prove it.

I take it you have no proof as you have provided none, so simply feel they are being hypocritical.

Feeling so requires no supporting proof, so whatever.

You can read, can't you? The points that prove it have already been pointed out.

Perhaps you should look up what hypocrisy means then.

War is politics.

I'm exactly in a position to call out your lying and manipulation. And I DO call out your manipulation as you refused to answer actual question.

What is legal and not IS the law, by definition. The the purpose of the law is not the law.

It's relevant because people can be controlled through control of information.

Democracy also provides the right to deny medical treatment, if you are being sane and you will it. It is a legal right and a humanitarian right. Post Nyremberg trials, even international agreements were singed, stating that no doctor/scientist is allowed to perform on any patient, without said patient's upfront knowledge and explicit consent.

Was it democratic, to ruin the lives of perfectly healthy civilians, just because they didn't want to get jabbed? Where and when even now, we march towards the cancelation and insignificance of jab-related credentials in daily matters? Even Great Britain doesn't require from medical personnel to be vaxed.

Are you being serious? Lots of signs over the last many years or rather, months! You missed Devotion + China? You missed that "special" June month promotion of disgusting agenda, that was advertized in front of the store, without a thread to even comment on it? Have you missed all the signs of cherry picking, favoritism and certain (thankfully not all) mods acting partially? Or the quite detailed and with arguments presented, boycott store thread etc, which is regularly the target of derailment among other things, in false hopes it is going to be locked/terminated?

Yes, we do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_Added_Tax

If I understand correctly, Valve is the one who pays the tax. Not you.

-So, hey guys, brainstorm time! We got this mad dictator who is invading neighboring countries and threatening the rest of the world with nuclear weapons. What should we do about it?
-Well. Have we tried actually listening to his concerns? Maybe try to find some compromise through diplomacy?
-No! Another idea, go!
-We can try to impose restrictive sanctions on regular people of his state, deny them access to entertainment, medicine, travel and business and treat them as second-class human beings all over the world, therefore enforcing the dictator propaganda's narrative about "Western Enemies", spreading the hate and swaying more people of his country to support him?
-YES! That! Let's do that!!

In terms of where the money comes from and where it goes to, what's the difference? It's just a matter of who has to do the paperwork.

For international sales there are rules on which country gets the tax, and for games it's (at least for the EU) based on where the customer is, not the supplier.

And if Valve simply won't pay tax to Russia?