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Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by egao1980 »

MrDisposable wrote: post #40
cf141q5325 wrote: post #34

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Thank you! Do you know if its only incorporation in EU countries? I am not quite sure about globally, but since Canadian and US Limiteds are likely out of the question as well that would (have been?) Hong Kong then? For the banking, is that transactions out of the country or any transaction, so also from money you get from out of Russia? I was more looking through the sanction perspective

> Do you know if its only incorporation in EU countries? Anywhere abroad. It is illegal (and has been illegal since 2014 or so, can't remember) for a Russian resident to have a controlling stake in a company not incorporated in Russia. > is that transactions out of the country or any transaction It's about transfers of funds from Russia to foreign bank (and "bank-like") accounts. Accepting money from abroad is still…

1) It's not forbidden to control foreign company - you have to report it in 3 months time. And potentially pay taxes if there's no double taxation agreement. 2) That 80% is for corporations bringing funds into Russia as foreign currency. For an individual you'd need ruble to buy things in Russia anyway so it is not a thing to care about.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by a254613e »

diiiimaaaa wrote: post #165

I am in Ukraine right now. In a small village to the north of Kyiv. I am the author of PhotoSwipe ( https://github.com/dimsemenov/photoswipe ). Yesterday I was filling bags with sand to make a fortification for local defenders. I hear artillery as I am writing this. And by the way, you get used to it. In the last few days I received about 20 emails offering support, none of them were from russian devs. One asked a te…

Oh come on, someone asked you a technical question - you can't expect everyone to research the country of origin, country of residence, and perhaps a personal situation of every private person, developer, or a company before emailing them.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by dmitrygr »

rimliu wrote: post #187
dmitrygr wrote: post #174

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How good are people being bombed in Ukraine cities feel? Only the Russian people can stop this.

Ever lived under a dictator? Ever tried to stop him from doing something? Ever done either of the above while having a family you care about?

At the end of the day, no sane person would place their family in mortal danger to maybe possibly potentially make life easier for a large number of unknown far away people.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by iamshs »

bsaul wrote: post #101
MrDisposable wrote: post #37

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> I'm trying to understand the scale of Putin's decision Drastic. Catastrophic. Suicidal. World-changing. The country (Russia) in its current form has just ceased to exist. The entire parasitic elite class just got cut off from everything they stole during all these years. The entire human potential of Russia just got nullified for at lest 20 years. The push towards green energy (and I hope nuclear fusion) just got a…

i know it's very easy to say, but if you're russian right now, it seems to me that the only sane choice is to actively organize the overthrow of putin. It's one of the rare case (nuclear war threats), where it may be the safest solution. Especially now that a few public figures in Russia have officially standed against that war. There may be an opportunity to reach a critical mass at home.

People living paycheck to paycheck cannot fight oppressive regimes. Sanctions are meaningless if you want to make people rise up. Protests need a supply chain in itself.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by jdrc »

They should not be cut off, the pressure should be financial and it is already working. Payment businesses are already turning off russian users, and businesses are finding themselves with no ways to be paid. It's as bad as it is necessary

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by mike_d »

inglor_cz wrote: post #145
MrDisposable wrote: post #24

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> "incorporation in an EU country" Illegal, due to the "КИК" law, and, if I remember correctly, punishable by a heavy yearly fine (about $50K ath the current exchange rate). > "Electronic Money Institutes for at least some really basic banking" Outgoing transfers to foreign banks and electronic money institutions are now illegal, due to the yesterday's order that forbids Russian residents to transfer money to their o…

Interesting. JetBrains, s.r.o., producers of IntelliJ (and a bunch of other IDEs such as Android Studio, PhpStorm and CLion) are incorporated in the Czech Republic, but in practice, all the development is done in Russia.

My guess is they make more than $50k/yr.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by kaishiro »

namecheapTA wrote: post #172
alangibson wrote: post #159

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> Using a tool to help someone see that their thoughts or words are foolish isn't a bad thing. That's not what you're doing. Whataboutism is a method of _stopping_ interrogation via deflection and redirection. I think a lot of people that engage in whataboutism do actually think they're trying to start a discussion or analyze the situation more deeply. They just fail to see what their actually doing due to not being…

I don't even see how what I said applies to what you're saying. Stopping interrogation? I nor anyone else was not being interrogated. I did not deflect or redirect. I asked him if he felt the same way about what America did. Not to deflect, but to get him to realize that (unless he is the 0.01% that tried to do something real about Americas many weird wars) when countries went to crazy wars previously, he did not fee…

I don't really have a dog in this particular fight, but you seem to be making a lot of assumptions off of a single emotional posting by this person.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by mrfinn »

teekert wrote: post #180

This whole situation is so surreal and disappointing. I grew up on Star Trek and somehow I just though we had (almost) arrived in a post-war, federation-like world. We know things should be solved with words because otherwise there are only losers. It’s how we raise our kids. I just keep thinking about how Jean Luc is looking down on us from orbit, slowly shaking his head whispering “Savages.”

Instead of that we keep with our old fashioned thugs sh*t-show. But hey weapons are such a big business. Who's gonna keep paying the bills without a few soldiers, mothers and kids dying from time to time.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by ytpete »

Svoka wrote: post #130
hdjjhhvvhga wrote: post #72

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Nobody sane thinks that normal citizens deserve sanctions; they're for the most part not responsible for the madness of one man; this is obvious when you think back about how half of the USA thought about Trump but was unable to do anything - an din Russia it's much worse. But the sanctions are meant to make people angry, go out and send a strong signal to their leaders they want a change. This is the most the West c…

I do think they should pay reparations in full after this is over. It is not one man madness. This was coming from far away, he was elected, every poll suggests about half of Russian population is in support of the war.

It's not uncommon for the losing country in a war to receive support for rebuilding and stabilizing its economy afterward. But you wouldn't really call that reparations if it's the aggressor that started the conflict. If things suck for the ordinary citizens of that country, it's not the fault of the victims who defended themselves – it's the fault of the aggressor's leadership for starting a war of choice.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by KJBweb »

codebolt wrote: post #131

I'm guessing I can't rely on the Kaspersky software I have on my phones to stay in service. It's a shame, SafeKids has really been helpful in monitoring my kids.

Kaspersky software is widely believed to be Russian spyware, of which western governments have banned the use of within their infrastructure.

I wouldn't be putting their software on mine or my childrens devices that's for sure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_bans_and_allegations...

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