Russia initiated aggression against Ukraine in 2014. On February 24, 2022, it started a full-scale military invasion to the Ukrainian territory. This brutal war and military crimes of Russian troops caused a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine with thousands civilians killed and millions becoming refuges. As a reaction to this act of aggression, many international companies decided to leave the Russian market, while some others continue doing business there as usual. We track such decisions of companies and urge them to stop funding the war.
Hold off investments: company postponing future planned investment/development/marketing while continuing substantive business
Pausing InvestmentsReducing Activities: company scaling back some business operations while continuing others
Scaling BackPause operations: company temporarily curtailing operations while keeping return options open
SuspensionClean Break: the company completely halting Russian engagements or exiting Russia
WithdrawalExit Completed: company sold its business/assets or its part of the business to a local partner and leaved the market or liquidated local entity(ies)
Exit CompletedStops hiring and sales in Russia. On March 20, 2024, two years after Mykhailo Fedorov's post, Netcracker's public financial report appeared, indicating that the company continues to operate in Russia. In the "Explanation to the annual accounting reports of NetCracker LLC for 2023" the year's turnover of 8 billion rubles is indicated, branches in Saratov, Tolyatti, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Samara, Voronezh, as well as two in Moscow are listed. The text part of the document ends with an unequivocal intention to continue working in the current year.
Fined for selling sensitive defense technology to Russia in 2021. Still advertizes multilple locations and operations in Russia.
The Orlan-10 drone manufacturer buys electronics in the US, EU and China to circumvent sanctions (one of the companies supplied it is Altera).
Asana, an American software company for team work, mainly in the IT field, continues to serve teams from Russia.
Extreme Networks shuttered its Russian operations in March 2022. Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, American companies have been prohibited from dealing with MMZ Avangard, a state-owned firm that makes missiles for one of Russia's most sophisticated weapons, the S-400 air-defense system. Top manager at U.S. firm Extreme Networks privately sold high-tech in Russia.
The Orlan-10 drone manufacturer buys electronics in the US, EU and China to circumvent sanctions.
According to the Ukrainian assessment, among the US-made components found in the downed drone there was a microprocessor produced by NXP USA Inc. Answer of the company "While the sanctions allow for business to be done following certain conditions, NXP goes beyond the legal scope of the regulations and does not support any business in or with Russia, Belarus, and other fully embargoed countries, including Iran." The navigation of the Shahed-238 is handled by the satellite and inertial systems traditional for these aircraft-missiles. Satellite navigation signal processing is implemented on AD9361BBCZ chips from Analog Devices, MIMXRT1052 microcontroller from NXP USA Inc and N63A0QI chip from Intel, all USA.
According to the Ukrainian assessment, among the US-made components found in the downed drone there was a circuit board components by Analog Devices and Onsemi.
The Orlan-10 drone manufacturer buys electronics in the US, EU and China to circumvent sanctions. Hindenburg Research has accused US motherboard maker Super Micro Computer of years of accounting fraud. Key allegations in relation to Russia: - When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S. government imposed stringent restrictions and bans on exports to Russia of high-performance computers and components. - Super Micro disclosed that some of its products were subject to export bans and said it was halting all sales and had “not recorded revenue” from Russia since the day before the war started. - Exports of Super Micro’s high-tech components to Russia have spiked ~3x since the invasion of Ukraine, apparently violating U.S. export bans, according to our review of more than 45,000 import/export transactions - At least 46 companies that handled Super Micro products to Russia since the invasion are now under OFAC sanctions or on U.S. government watchlists. - Almost two-thirds of Super Micro’s exports to Russia since the invasion correspond to “high priority” components that the Russian military may be diverting to the battlefield, per U.S. government warnings. - One of the biggest importers of Super Micro products in Russia is a supplier to one of Russia’s largest “supercomputers” at a once-secret, now-sanctioned research center. That importer, Niagara Computers, has received at least $46.3 million worth of Super Micro products since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, per trade data. - The sales were initially made through a distributor in California, but were later made through 3 newly-formed Turkish shell companies, including one that was eventually sanctioned for smuggling restricted items to Russia. - Almost $30 million worth of Super Micro components have also been shipped to Russia’s largest importer of dual-use civilian-military chips via a newly created Hong Kong shell entity. That Russian importer is now under OFAC sanctions.
The Orlan-10 drone manufacturer buys electronics in the US, EU and China to circumvent sanctions (one of the companies supplied it is Xilinx). According to the Yermak-McFaul group, the Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles contain at least 53 types of ECUs (microcircuits, chips, etc.) produced by foreign companies. In particular, components from companies such as STMicroelectronics (Switzerland), Vicor (USA), XILINX (USA), Intel Corporation (USA), Texas Instruments (USA), ZILOG (USA), Maxim Integrated (USA) and Cypress Semiconductor (USA).
Statement condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine. Suspended sales of products and services in Russia and Belarus. Discontinue business operations in Russia. Trade data indicate that components manufactured by Harting, Trimble and TE Connectivity continue to be imported into Russia through official distributors or through third countries such as Hong Kong and Turkey.
AMD is suspending its sales and distribution of its products into Russia and Belarus according to comments provided by official representatives to press. There are no official statements of the company. In one case, a Russian 9M727 cruise missile, one of the country's most advanced weapons that can manoeuvre at low altitude to evade radar and can strike targets hundreds of miles away, contained 31 foreign components. The parts were made by companies that included U.S-based Texas Instruments Inc and Advanced Micro Devices Inc, as well as Cypress Semiconductor, which is now owned by Infineon AG, a German company, the RUSI investigation found.
Stopped subscriptions in Russia and Belarus, the company will "have no business" with Russian companies during this period. On the night of May 30, 2024, the well-known Docker Hub service for programmers closed access for users from Russia. The Docker Hub repository has removed geo-blocking for users from Russia.
Promised to close office in Russia till June 10, 2022 and offered to relocate Russian staff but in September 2023 Senior HR Manager at Five9 anounced that Five9 Russia is expanding now.
A number of extensions for the Firefox browser, which allow you to bypass Internet blocks established in the Russian Federation, have become unavailable in the official Mozilla catalog for users from Russia. According to the representative of the organization, the decision followed "persistent requests" from Roskomnadzor. At the same time, the developers said that they only temporarily limited access and were thinking about how to proceed further. Firefox developers called temporary blocking of a number of VPNs in Russia. 14/06/2024: Mozilla has reinstated some Firefox add-ons that were banned in Russia by the Kremlin earlier this week.