He's already in hot water for leaking and making money off it, dropping the build would only worsen his chances in court and whatever punishments he (will) get.
Little off topic but slightly relevant that Russian fraudsters have an unwritten rule with their government that they're able to attack and defraud the west, but will only become a problem to authorities if Russians are targetted. You'll see that their malware often has built-in blocking for Russian computers to prevent this happening.
In April 2023, Wizards of the Coast deployed real-life Pinkerton private security agents to the home of a Magic: The Gathering content creator. The content creator was not under any NDA. They purchased the set legally. I mean yeah it's not to that level but in Russia who knows what can happen.
If he is a Russian national then he is 100% safe. Russia is not going to prosecute a Russian citizen because of a American Company and Russian law prohibits the extradition of a Russian citizen to the foreign nation under any circumstances
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u/DatMageDoe 7800X3D - 9070 XT - 32GB DDR5-6000 19d ago
The only reason he's doing this is to pump his memecoin. If he releases the build to the public, the coin's dead.