While less than 2 weeks ago we had Nikolas Tombazis (FIA head of single seater racing) saying:

“That is a fact. We would like them to be cheaper, and that’s why the president made the comments about the V10 engine in ‘28 and so on.
“That’s something we are evaluating, or for '29 or whatever, with the PU manufacturers. We are discussing openly with them the best direction for the sport.”
Tombazis went on to explain how the talks over moving to V10s for 2028 or 2029 had then opened up a second debate about what to do with the new rules coming in for 2026.

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-discussing-return-to-v10-engines-as-early-as-2028/

It’s also a possibility that they’re part of the various PMCs: Wagner Group, Redut, Convoy, Patriot, Yastreb, Rusich, Tsarist Wolves, or the Russian Imperial Movement

That have been sighted or associated with activities in Ukraine - as national volunteers are getting (relatively) fancy signing up bonuses, it wouldn’t surprise me if some outside of Russia see it as an opportunity.

It was to be expected - the CashGrab is easier to drive compared to the Red Bull :(

Though he looked promising in Q1, even if he was only 0.3s down on Max there