I just do not accept the theory about influencers applies to Ethereum.
Vitalik Buterin is born in russia and a friend of Putin.
Do you have any evidence? What exactly makes you so sure he is a friend of Putin?
With the sactions inplace it's only possible to apply sanctions after ethereum 2.0 is inplace.
What does this statement actually mean?
After 2.0 ethereum will jist be another Tether.. A currency that can tracked and deleted by Trump or Putin..
I think that is somewhat exaggerated but this is a matter of choice. If Ethereum or any other crypto evolves with consensus over a period of years then those that disagree with the path can fork to make their own chain it is that simple.