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Now they are european. They started as fully Russian company. But they are a truly rare example of a company that actually left russian market. Unlike Apple or

Now they are european. They started as fully Russian company. But they are a truly rare example of a company that actually left russian market. Unlike Apple or LG.

einpoklum 2y ago
Did they have Russian developers and let them go? Or do you mean the ownership has changed?
- zorgmonkey 2y ago
  My understanding is they relocated the developers who were in Russia
  - lolinder 2y ago
    Correct, though they also lost some who were not willing to relocate.
    - einpoklum 2y ago
      That's really too bad, and not fair to the Russian developers. More 'collateral damage' from the NATO-Russia conflict.
      - lolinder 2y ago
        Yeah, it sucks that Putin decided to invade a sovereign nation that was home to a bunch of JetBrains employees. His war has turned the world upside down in a lot of ways, and I really do feel for the Russians and Ukrainians who he's dragged down with him. I have coworkers who regularly have to take shelter from his bombing campaigns.
      - exceptione 2y ago
        Ukraine is not part of Nato, but that would have been a good way to avoid 'conflict'.
      - wiseowise 2y ago
        > More 'collateral damage' from the NATO-Russia conflict. What has NATO to do with Russian invasion of Ukraine?
      - int_19h 2y ago
        Many tech companies that had large dev teams in Russia have mostly relocated them. Acronis is another example of a company that was originally entirely Russian that is out of the market completely, and from what I heard, well over 90% of the devs relocated. It will be very interesting to see the effects of that brain drain long term.
kimixa 2y ago
I always thought the company was Czech? Though I think the founders were Russian nationals. I guess it depends on what you consider a "Russian Company". As a British national living in the USA, does that mean if I start a company it'll be a "British Company" forevermore?
- BjoernKW 2y ago
  Before 2022, their de-facto headquarters and most of their employees were still located in St. Petersburg, even though the main company was registered in Prague.
piskov 2y ago
Kudos to Jebrains basically gifting Rider to Russians making it free of mandatory license and possibly malicious cracks
dragonwriter 2y ago
> Now they are european. They started as fully Russian company. The heavily populated parts of Russia, including the part where JetBrains was operating, are in Europe. (Russia’s not part of the EU, obviously, but “European” and “EU” don’t mean the same thing.)

Now they are european. They started as fully Russian company. But they are a truly rare example of a company that actually left russian market. Unlike Apple or LG.

einpoklum 2y ago

Did they have Russian developers and let them go? Or do you mean the ownership has changed?

zorgmonkey 2y ago
My understanding is they relocated the developers who were in Russia
- lolinder 2y ago
  Correct, though they also lost some who were not willing to relocate.
  - einpoklum 2y ago
    That's really too bad, and not fair to the Russian developers. More 'collateral damage' from the NATO-Russia conflict.
    - lolinder 2y ago
      Yeah, it sucks that Putin decided to invade a sovereign nation that was home to a bunch of JetBrains employees. His war has turned the world upside down in a lot of ways, and I really do feel for the Russians and Ukrainians who he's dragged down with him. I have coworkers who regularly have to take shelter from his bombing campaigns.
    - exceptione 2y ago
      Ukraine is not part of Nato, but that would have been a good way to avoid 'conflict'.
    - wiseowise 2y ago
      > More 'collateral damage' from the NATO-Russia conflict. What has NATO to do with Russian invasion of Ukraine?
    - int_19h 2y ago
      Many tech companies that had large dev teams in Russia have mostly relocated them. Acronis is another example of a company that was originally entirely Russian that is out of the market completely, and from what I heard, well over 90% of the devs relocated. It will be very interesting to see the effects of that brain drain long term.

kimixa 2y ago

I always thought the company was Czech? Though I think the founders were Russian nationals. I guess it depends on what you consider a "Russian Company". As a British national living in the USA, does that mean if I start a company it'll be a "British Company" forevermore?

BjoernKW 2y ago
Before 2022, their de-facto headquarters and most of their employees were still located in St. Petersburg, even though the main company was registered in Prague.

piskov 2y ago

Kudos to Jebrains basically gifting Rider to Russians making it free of mandatory license and possibly malicious cracks

dragonwriter 2y ago

> Now they are european. They started as fully Russian company. The heavily populated parts of Russia, including the part where JetBrains was operating, are in Europe. (Russia’s not part of the EU, obviously, but “European” and “EU” don’t mean the same thing.)