That's unfortunate. I happen to run a site somewhat popular with some Russians (on a lark, since I don't understand anything), and it has attracted its share of DDoS attempts.
CloudFlare has been a boon here. I don't pay them to speed the site up, nor to hide from the government, I pay them so I don't need to spend any time on these occasional low-grade DDoS attempts.
Russia has been on a media-blocking spree, shutting down 'dissenting opinions,' ever since the Ukraine conflict started. With CloudFlare they're running into the problem that their infrastructure can't selectively block specific CloudFlare sites and that blocking all of CloudFlare would cause far too much of an outcry.
That's why this press release was made: as a feeble attempt to influence CloudFlare.
If CloudFlare stands its ground (which it should given the political/human rights nature of the majority of these blocks,) nothing will happen until they block CloudFlare wholesale, which would probably not actually happen unless the conflict escalates into Cold War II territory.
P.S. If anyone from CloudFlare reads this and you're not sure what to do with it; go talk with the US government. I'm fairly sure they're willing to give you all the support you might need.
CloudFlare has been a boon here. I don't pay them to speed the site up, nor to hide from the government, I pay them so I don't need to spend any time on these occasional low-grade DDoS attempts.