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Some Russian products that you would like to avoid: * Yandex * Lukoil * WinRAR * Kaspersky * Lada * Russian Standard Original Vodka * Stoli Vodka * Baltika * L

Some Russian products that you would like to avoid: * Yandex * Lukoil * WinRAR * Kaspersky * Lada * Russian Standard Original Vodka * Stoli Vodka * Baltika * Lukoil * Gazprom * Kamaz * Masha and the Bear * Kalashnikov * Stolichnaya * Ural motorcycles * VK

stjohnswarts 5y ago
Yandex was the only one for me. I blocked it on all the hosts files under my control and my pihole network dns
mrweasel 5y ago
WinRAR/rarlabs is a German company.
- darkhorn 5y ago
  The developer and his brother are from Russia. Also WinRAR is free in Russia.
  - arzeth 5y ago
    > is free in Russia. I just visited the Russian version https://www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=4 https://www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=4 from Russia. There is still "Buy WinRAR" button. Although anyone can get an infinite trial version (like Sublime Text), some Russian companies buy it just in case, according to some random comments in threads that joke about mythical buyers of WinRAR. Also I found rumors that the developer (Eugene Roshal) moved to Germany or the USA. No info found about his brother who is the WinRAR's copyright holder, which is what matters.
Aeolun 5y ago
I don’t think anyone needs any prodding to stop using Kaspersky.
- redisman 5y ago
  What about my brand new Lada!
nomel 5y ago
Could you explain the motivation for avoiding these? Are they run by the government? Is there a risk that they will be? If not, why exactly should I have a problem with Russian software developers?
- darkhorn 5y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_bans_and_allegations_of_Russian_government_ties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_bans_and_allegations...
- jotm 5y ago
  The Russian fascist state runs mostly on taxpayer money. Hence, as an individual, you can contribute by not funding them. Less money spent on Russian products = less money going to modern Nazis. It's that simple. Most people don't really care, but if you do, there are plenty of non-Russian alternatives (which should be quite obvious).
bogomipz 5y ago
First of all Stoli and Stolichnaya are the same thing. The former is a nickname. Further the Stoli vodka available outside of Russia is produced in Riga, Latvia[1] by SPI Group. Latvia is a member of both the EU and NATO. Boycotting this spirit would be as misguided as it is misinformed. Please don't post stuff like this without at least doing a tiny bit of research first. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/gay-latvians-want-gay-people-stop-boycotting-stoli/312592/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/ga...
cutemonster 5y ago
* Nord Stream 2

stjohnswarts 5y ago

Yandex was the only one for me. I blocked it on all the hosts files under my control and my pihole network dns

mrweasel 5y ago

WinRAR/rarlabs is a German company.

darkhorn 5y ago
The developer and his brother are from Russia. Also WinRAR is free in Russia.
- arzeth 5y ago
  > is free in Russia. I just visited the Russian version https://www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=4 https://www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=4 from Russia. There is still "Buy WinRAR" button. Although anyone can get an infinite trial version (like Sublime Text), some Russian companies buy it just in case, according to some random comments in threads that joke about mythical buyers of WinRAR. Also I found rumors that the developer (Eugene Roshal) moved to Germany or the USA. No info found about his brother who is the WinRAR's copyright holder, which is what matters.

Aeolun 5y ago

I don’t think anyone needs any prodding to stop using Kaspersky.

redisman 5y ago
What about my brand new Lada!

nomel 5y ago

Could you explain the motivation for avoiding these? Are they run by the government? Is there a risk that they will be? If not, why exactly should I have a problem with Russian software developers?

darkhorn 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_bans_and_allegations_of_Russian_government_ties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_bans_and_allegations...
jotm 5y ago
The Russian fascist state runs mostly on taxpayer money. Hence, as an individual, you can contribute by not funding them. Less money spent on Russian products = less money going to modern Nazis. It's that simple. Most people don't really care, but if you do, there are plenty of non-Russian alternatives (which should be quite obvious).

bogomipz 5y ago

First of all Stoli and Stolichnaya are the same thing. The former is a nickname. Further the Stoli vodka available outside of Russia is produced in Riga, Latvia[1] by SPI Group. Latvia is a member of both the EU and NATO. Boycotting this spirit would be as misguided as it is misinformed. Please don't post stuff like this without at least doing a tiny bit of research first. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/gay-latvians-want-gay-people-stop-boycotting-stoli/312592/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/ga...

cutemonster 5y ago

* Nord Stream 2