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DataArt to completely leave the Russian market

The editorial team of AIN.Capital has learned that the company DataArt will completely withdraw from the Russian market. The company’s management informed its employees about this in internal correspondence. AIN.Capital has a copy of the letter. DataArt will completely leave

Popularity of Ukrainian on Duolingo increased by 577%

The number of people studying Ukrainian through Duolingo has increased by 577%. These are figures as of March 20, 2022, almost a month after the start of the full-scale invasion. The majority of users studying the Ukrainian language are from

EPAM fully withdraws from Russia

EPAM will completely leave the Russian market, as the dev.by publication citing a letter of EPAM founder Arkadiy Dobkin reported. In his letter, Dobkin explained that the company first stopped working with customers from the Russian Federation. After additional consultations

Twitter bans accounts of Ukrainian activists — why?

On April 4 and 5, 2022, some Ukrainian Twitter users noticed blocking several accounts of Ukrainian military officers, journalists, activists, and volunteers. So they started to share the info about blocked accounts and tagged Twitter’s representatives. AIN.Capital asked many activists

‘Trophies from Brovary’ sold on Russian Avito, an OLX Group project

IIn late March, OLX Group decided to stop all its operations in Russia and spin off its Russian classifieds service, Avito, which would become a separate, independent company. Today, Avito not only maintains its activities in Russia, ignoring the war but is also directly

LinkedIn bans accounts sharing Russian crimes against Ukraine

LinkedIn has been blocking accounts posting about true crimes of Russian against Ukraine, as said by Ukrainian LinkedIn users. At the same time, the social media site supports posts of Russian propagandists sharing fake information and symbols equated to swastikas.

Intel Suspends Operations in Russia

“Intel continues to join the global community in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine and calling for a swift return to peace. Effective immediately, we have suspended all business operations in Russia. This follows our earlier decision to suspend all shipments to customers

Airbnb bans Russian and Belarusian nationals from making reservations

Starting April 4, Airbnb users from Russia and Belarus can no longer make new reservations anywhere in the world through the platform, as stated in the message by the company. Moreover, Airbnb has canceled all existing bookings in Russia and Belarus starting

Facebook and Instagram bans #Bucha and #BuchaMassacre hashtags

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has started blocking hashtags related to Russian war crimes in Ukrainian cities: #Bucha and #BuchaMassacre. Numerous Ukrainians used these hashtags, trying to spread photos and videos from the city of Bucha. In early

How to detect hidden Russian assets: RuAssets is a tool for that

The Ukrainian company YouControl, which provides access to government open data sets in a user-friendly format, has launched an international tool for checking links between legal entities and individuals with Russian and Belarusian assets. RuAssets uncovers links of companies and