It is, but there also was a lot of malice going around at the time. You know how shortly after the Hamas attacks on Israel, everyone that wasn’t vocally in favor of Israel killing everyone immediately got asked “do you disavow Hamas?” And regardless of answer was viewed with suspicion?

I ran into the same thing in '22/'23, as I am Russian. Even though I don’t support Putin, don’t support the invasion, and haven’t lived in the country for 20 years.

Interacting with Russian media, hell, even speaking to my family led to immediate suspicion. Now that the zeitgeist has moved on, I don’t get that as much.

Edit: in retrospect, I just did the same thing above, right after saying I’m Russian.