Shot in the dark (because you didn’t offer any example, and you should have for clarity), but I’m guessing you’re speaking about the removal of Russian Linux maintainers from the Kernel, which is what has been picked up quite a lot last couple of days on linux-subreddits and linux-news sites.
If that is what you are talking about, then:
TL;DR:
Essentially the Linux Foundation is registered in the US and has to comply with its regulations and sanctions, which is why they were pushed to remove some maintainers in compliance to sanctions that resulted from the imperialistic war of Russia against Ukraine.
Some people weren’t happy about it, and the relevant details communicated about it (or lack thereof).
Longer version: phoronix