Here's snopes (fwiw):
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-ban-5g/"In reality, Russia is working to expand 5G access and reduce a technology gap created by the retreat of western telecom technology since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022. In a speech made in June 2023, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin reiterated Putin's plans in the area of "technological sovereignty," which explicitly called for the creation of Russian-made 5G base stations:
On Aug. 6, 2023, Andrey Zarenin, the deputy minister of digital development, telecommunications, and mass media of the Russian Federation, also spoke of forward progress on 5G technology at a conference of telecom leaders, according to a news release from that ministry. "
The Russian government is just another arm of the global government like they all are and 5G is an important part of their tracking and control grid (and God knows what else) so I can't see it going anywhere unless some citizens get a little bit more 'kinetic' about it.
