"in March 2022, Qwant filters Russian media websites from it's [sic] search results."
So Qwant is no different from DDG in that respect.
Qwant is a French company that uses Bing as well as its own search results. It is the official search engine of the French government. It's also subject to EU privacy laws.
Some other search engines you might want to try:
https://www.baidu.com/
https://gibiru.com/
https://www.gigablast.com/
https://english.sogou.com/
https://swisscows.com/
https://goodgopher.com/
https://you.com/