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> the UK enacted a number of sanctions targeting the banking sector, including a deposit limit for Russian citizens in UK bank accounts. I do not request thos

by _p8yz 3y ago

> the UK enacted a number of sanctions targeting the banking sector, including a deposit limit for Russian citizens in UK bank accounts. I do not request those funds to be deposited to a UK bank account, I even don't have any. And I don't have any sanctions imposed on me personally. The publishing company itself does not answer my questions of which laws or restrictions apply here. I do not understand, how am I being very disingenuous and bad-faith? I am refused to be paid without any comment on "why", despite "your nationality is Russian". Based on all existing laws, the only thing I could find is that using this as a sole base of rejection is not correct.

_kbh_ 3y ago
> I do not request those funds to be deposited to a UK bank account, I even don't have any. Regardless if the banking sector has sanctions against working with Russian citizens they would not be able to transfer you the money as they wouldn't be able to transfer the money from there bank account (which has to follow the sanctions).
- _p8yz 3y ago
  This is probably the case. I hope that I will receive such information. As of now, I can’t find any communication from Packt that indicates that exact reason.
- _p8yz 3y ago
  I see. Thanks for this clarification. This might be indeed the case, and if the publisher referred to any such restrictions I’d understood. But their official letter which contains info on this said that restrictions only apply only to people in Russia or Belarus. Because of this wording, I have expected that the thing will follow the route of Binance or AirBnB, where you can work with the company without issues if you are not located in restricted country or have sanctions on your name. And up to this point all sparse info that I’ve received in replies just says the opposite: it’s based on nationality, and not location, and not backed up by any documented sanctions or restrictions.

by _p8yz 3y ago

_kbh_ 3y ago

> I do not request those funds to be deposited to a UK bank account, I even don't have any. Regardless if the banking sector has sanctions against working with Russian citizens they would not be able to transfer you the money as they wouldn't be able to transfer the money from there bank account (which has to follow the sanctions).

_p8yz 3y ago
This is probably the case. I hope that I will receive such information. As of now, I can’t find any communication from Packt that indicates that exact reason.
_p8yz 3y ago
I see. Thanks for this clarification. This might be indeed the case, and if the publisher referred to any such restrictions I’d understood. But their official letter which contains info on this said that restrictions only apply only to people in Russia or Belarus. Because of this wording, I have expected that the thing will follow the route of Binance or AirBnB, where you can work with the company without issues if you are not located in restricted country or have sanctions on your name. And up to this point all sparse info that I’ve received in replies just says the opposite: it’s based on nationality, and not location, and not backed up by any documented sanctions or restrictions.