Why? OP decided to use Russians, as they're free to do so. No need to bring your objections to personal feelings here.
Israel is an abuser to neighboring countries, and yet, you won't dare to say the same thing about Jews that you say about Russians.
If you can't say the same about Jews that you say about some other group without sounding racist, you are racist. Period. Everything else is just an excuse for your racism.
It's not about Russian people, you assumed that. There are well known connections between any company doing business in or with Russia who are basically extorted to hand over all information about customers or financials to the government. This is no secret.
If any company is working from or with Russian ties, you can assume the government will have access to that data. Given the sensitive nature of VPN's, antivirus software, deployed software in general, its completely fair to say you don't want to work with people with ties in Russia. I'm the same. You're conflating things, and then throwing in some 'what-about-ism' for good measure. Nothing but an argument will come from this discussion so it's not welcome here. You could try your hand on Twitter.
I assumed that because it's what has been said.
>> ... but they're lovely people that would 100% walk out if there were some real Russian ties involved.
> If any company is working from or with Russian ties, you can assume the government will have access to that data. Given the sensitive nature of VPN's, antivirus software, deployed software in general, its completely fair to say you don't want to work with people with ties in Russia.
Many major VPN companies have Israeli ties. Now, tell me, how is that better than having Russian ties? You trust Netanyahu's government more than Putin's?
> You're conflating things, and then throwing in some 'what-about-ism' for good measure.
No, I'm just exposing your hatred of Russians and your double standards.
> Nothing but an argument will come from this discussion so it's not welcome here.
Who are you to say that? You started with the racist remarks and got called out. If you don't want to discuss it anymore, you are free to stop, but I won't let your racism go unanswered.
> You could try your hand on Twitter.
Not sure about Twitter, but there are many platforms that would welcome your racism and your hatred. You would have a much better time somewhere else, so feel free to act upon your advice.
We're talking business connections here not personal friendships. Russian businesses and business people are not to be trusted as Kremlin retains full control over them and Kremlin is an enemy of Lithuania. It's basic safety and risk assestment to not integrate compromised systems and every russian system is compromised. Same applies to any other actor but guess what, no other actor is threatening invasion of Lithuania so the math adds up here, no?