I wish more money was deployed into software development. Russia seems to be a positive influence here.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/politics/russia-2016-e...
The played each side off of the other and, in some cases, even encouraged each side to violently engage the other:
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/31/media/russia-facebook-violen...
Just how do you think all of that will end up? The Russian government should not have any say or influence in these companies since they have clearly demonstrated that they are a bad actor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act#Individuals_affe...
Government’s are neither all bad nor all good. You can cherry pick nasty incidents from any government throughout human history (including the US — of course). That doesn’t mean that every action they take is “evil”.
On the grand scheme of things investing in startups is pretty progressive.
Let's not forget, the US govt., both Republicans and Democrats, have directly or indirectly killed millions of people in the last decade...
I don't see you complaining about that "blood money" here or anywhere, though.
Funny how many Russian apologists are here all of a sudden.
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The rest of the internet may be insane right now but that doesn't mean we have to imitate it here.
wrong.
this is, in extension, saying it's okay to take money from a currently sanctioned state actor. as long as they want to pay cash and half-ass obfuscated the state actors behind the paycheck you're so concerned about.