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Yes, they're mostly Russian. But legal status matters in that Russia can't shut them down...
by Mikeb85 5y ago
Yes, they're mostly Russian. But legal status matters in that Russia can't shut them down...
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoRussia can shut down its operations in St Petersbourg.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoI would imagine after this they will shut down all Russian operations. Putin is on war footing and he's not about to allow dissent for much longer.
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoThere are thousands of employees in JetBrains offices in Russia. Looking at Belarusian events around PandaDoc, it takes several months to relocate employees, some resign for personal reasons, others land in jail. Now that PandaDoc relocated mostly to Kyiv... they have the problem of relocating further on.
- ushakov 5y agothem being a foreign company actually puts them at more risk, because they can legally be declared a foreign agent
- hollandia 5y agoMaybe not Russia, but sanctions can hit them pretty hard. They might not be able to transfer money to Russian and western companies might not be comfortable using what is basically just Russian software with "Czech" sticker on it.