Weaponised and bogged down

Open source and cloud technology might be collateral damage in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Putin told to get off our cloud

As Tsar Putin invaded Ukraine and started to carpet bomb its cities, he apparently did not figure on running out of cloud space.

All those pictures of cats, dinners and red pandas anger Putin 

Daft Russian prosecutors are seeking to label Facebook and Instagram as "extremist" which puts your Facebook account in the same league as the Taliban and Chechen rebels.

Excusez-moi, we just don’t trust you anymore.

France's largest bank BNP Paribas has cut off its Russia-based workforce from its internal computer systems in a move to defend itself against a cyberattack.

Just no one else

It looks like you are allowed to call for the death of Tsar Putin and his imperialist stormtroopers on Facebook even if you still can’t demand the death of anyone else.

Happens when your workers are modern internationalists but your politicians are old fashioned imperialists

Thanks to the internet modern Russian IT workers have been making a rather good living working online for European and US IT companies, but now that has come crashing to a halt.

Increased security risk

One of the big providers of Internet backbone Lumen Technologies is pulling the plug on Russia because of an "increased security risk."

Follows IBM

Open Saucy Red Hat is halting all sales and services to companies in Russia and Belarus -- a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that has put Red Hat employees in harm's way.

Bend the knee to Putin or will we will not launch your satellites 

The Russian Space agency has told the UK government it must sell its stake in OneWeb and the company must promise not to use its satellites for military purposes or else.

It is not as if they can afford them any more

Fruity cargo cult, Apple  has decided to stop selling its over priced toys to the Russians.