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First, they are a Czech company. Second, they have taken a public and open stance against the war. https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2022/03/11/jetbrains-statem

• isbvhodnvemrwvn 4y ago
  They are Czech on paper, founders and most high level employees are Russian. Their main dev center used to be Sankt Petersburg, that's why Kotlin is named like that.
  • kgeist 4y ago
    >Their main dev center used to be Sankt Petersburg Is it still true? There were news of them selling their properties in St.Petersburg.
    • Genbox 4y ago
      Their offices in Moscow (Capital of Russia. Largest city), Saint Petersburg (Second largest city in Russia) and Novosibirsk (Third largest city in Russia) were suspended indefinitely in March 2022[1] [1] https://www.jetbrains.com/company/ https://www.jetbrains.com/company/
    • atemerev 4y ago
      They are moving out from Russia as fast as they can, but unfortunately it takes time.
  • tasuki 4y ago
    ... making it even more impressive that they have taken a public stance against the war!
    • isbvhodnvemrwvn 4y ago
      Absolutely. I'm still surprised that they are continuing with the business.
  • nine_k 4y ago
    Most of the people I knew who used to sit in St Petersburg back in the day when I worked at JetBrains are now somewhere more western. They have a pretty significant office in Munich, for instance. I don't know if their office in St Petersburg is still operating, since they claimed to stop sales and R&D activities in Russia: https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2022/03/11/jetbrains-statement-on-ukraine/ https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2022/03/11/jetbrains-stateme...