Atlassian to donate Russian revenue as Ukrainian protestors demand full boycott | nickbonyhady
Australian software giant Atlassian will donate all future revenue generated from Russia to Ukrainian causes as it faces fresh pressure from activists to exit the country altogether.in March, Atlassian announced it was stopping new license sales to Russia in protest at President Vladimir Putin’s illegal war, making humanitarian donations and cutting off licenses to entities linked to the conflict.
One activist, who asked only to be known as Anton V for fear of monitoring by the Russian embassy, said: “Companies like Atlassian, while they operate in Russia, enable [the war’s] continuation.”draconian new law Pressure from the same group, along with representations from the Ukrainian embassy, contributed to another leading Australian technology company, the graphic design platform Canva,An Atlassian spokeswoman said the company condemned the Russian government’s actions in March and had since taken several extra steps to support Ukraine that predated the activist pressure.
The company has also had discussions with Ukraine’s ambassador in Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, and said it would continue the talks on how Atlassian can support the nation.“We continue our commitment to our existing non-sanctioned and approved non-governmental customers in Russia, as we recognise that many of them are caught up in a war that they neither chose nor have the ability to stop,” she said. “We continue to prohibit all new sales.
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