Because you're not getting that hardware out of Russia through normal channels.
In the best of times, in the best of places, you'd be able to do that. Decommission the hardware in use, pack it all up, ship it wherever.
It is not the best of times in Russia and it was never the best of places.
In the best of times while operating in an adversarial market (to put it diplomatically), you have to know you're doing this well in advance and slowly phase out the equipment. Some of it is likely physically installed in the locations. And you have to do this while essentially receiving no new equipment. Which you could do by just faking shipments and manifests. But you're effectively smuggling at this point.
Now, with everything going on. You have to worry about Russia just sort of claiming your hardware/business/people and daring you to come get it. You get your people out and torch everything you can on your way out.
In the best of times, in the best of places, you'd be able to do that. Decommission the hardware in use, pack it all up, ship it wherever.
It is not the best of times in Russia and it was never the best of places.
In the best of times while operating in an adversarial market (to put it diplomatically), you have to know you're doing this well in advance and slowly phase out the equipment. Some of it is likely physically installed in the locations. And you have to do this while essentially receiving no new equipment. Which you could do by just faking shipments and manifests. But you're effectively smuggling at this point.
Now, with everything going on. You have to worry about Russia just sort of claiming your hardware/business/people and daring you to come get it. You get your people out and torch everything you can on your way out.