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GitHub still allows public repo access even in sanctioned locations like Syria and Crimea.
by natfriedman 6y ago
GitHub still allows public repo access even in sanctioned locations like Syria and Crimea.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y ago> Crimea Why would Crimea be sanctioned? It was annexed. That's like sanctioning the citizens of Iraq for the 2003 US invasion and occupation...
- adamc 6y agoPresumably, they want to keep the pressure on Russia. I don't know why we would sanction Crimea rather than all Russian-held territory, though.
- curtis3389 6y agoIIRC, Russia provides gas to Europe.
- dgudkov 6y agoBecause Crimea isn't part of Russia for the US and much of the world.
- Merman_Mike 6y agohttps://www.state.gov/ukraine-and-russia-sanctions/ https://www.state.gov/ukraine-and-russia-sanctions/ ctrl + f "Crimea", there's some interesting information there. It lists specific companies and explains why. edit: This is a specific example: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm889 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm889
- option 6y agoyes, it’s stupid and such sanctions led to more anti-west/us and more pro-russia sentiment in Crimea. Source: have relatives there
- Merman_Mike 6y agoWhich parts of the Crimean sanctions are normal people most upset about? The ones I'm seeing on the Treasury page target specific individuals and companies. And they're coordinated with Canada and other countries, and the EU.
- goblin89 6y agoAfter annexation, a number of sanctions were put in place against Crimea as a whole. Visa and MasterCard stopped processing payments, eBay and Amazon stopped shipping, Upwork blocked freelancers with Crimean addresses. Some of the sanctions were lifted months to years later, but I am wondering how this must have made the average citizen of the annexed region feel in meantime.
- option 6y agothe freelancers and devs were the ones: (a) most independent from the government (derived their livelihood not from state) and (b) most liberal-minded and friendly to the West. Now, because of sanctions, they can only work for Russian government and companies.
- hintbits 6y agoThey can also move to the part of Ukraine not under the occupation. Trying to pretend it's business as usual is supporting the occupation.
- select-all 6y agoFor most of us this is not option for personal reasons. Old parents who will not move, kids going to school here, etc. Not to mention that I don't have any relatives or friends in Ukraine and moving there would require to cut all personal and business relationships.
- aasasd 6y agoSpeaking of freelancers as others did, basically they all went through acquaintances or shell companies in Russia in order to receive funds from the West. Which doesn't sound like what the US wanted, to me.
- helge9210 6y agoNo, it wasn't. It's under occupation.
- jimmy2020 6y agosame thing for Syria.
- papito 6y agoExcept that Iraqis were not forced to take US citizenship. They are still, and will be, citizens of Iraq. I think it's still possible to hold Ukrainian citizenship in Russia-occupied Crimea, but your life will be thoroughly miserable.
- Grustaf 6y agoProbably because an overwhelming majority of the Crimeans wanted to belong to Russia - they are collaborators...
- chimeracoder 6y ago> Probably because an overwhelming majority of the Crimeans wanted to belong to Russia If you're referring to the vote held in 2014, it was boycotted by supporters of Ukraine (because the vote itself was unconstitutional under the Ukranian constitution).
- Grustaf 6y agoNo I'm not, then I would have said 95%...
- nickik 6y agoCrimea was part of Russia for 100s of years and never had much to do with Ukrainian nationalism. When the Soviet Union was established Crimea was part of the Russia Republic. It was only a power play by Khrushchev to move Crimea into the Ukrainian Republic, since that was his primary base of power. Since during the collapse of the Soviet Union, the power broke down along the lines of the established Republics Crimea just defaulted into Ukraine even while in terms of infrastructure, population and military port it was Russian. It was certainty a terrible way how Russia forced the change in the boundary but the people there real had nothing to do with it and shouldn't be punished.
- bushin 6y agoBlatant Russian propaganda. Shame on you! Shame!
- viktorcode 6y agoIt was a part of Russian Empire and later USSR. Many territories including Ukraine were part of it. The modern Russia is just a part of old countries' land which don't include Crimea.