My mistake. I was factually incorrect here.
I got confused with Proton Labs software and mail.ru, and thought Proton Mail was associated.
This is the price of having to be burdened with factual accuracy and providing evidence for everything..if you slip up even a little you lose the accuracy due to not being able to keep up with the flood of accusations.
Nonetheless, I did make sure Kaspersky Labs, Telegram and Yandex were factually Russian. Telegram is Russian dissident though, but it also can be replaced by mail.ru messenger.
Still doesn't change the fact that Russia while not US or China in software, is still somebody in software.