The company is Latvian, but the Latvian company used to be owned by a Russian company. Right now, the company is owned by a British she’ll company, owned by a Singaporean holding. Fort a short while, the British company was owned by someone acting as a corporate advisor in Uzbekistan.
Legally speaking, they’re not Russian, but I find it hard to believe they’ve actually severed ties. I believe they changed their business structure to avoid EU sanctions. This could just be your basic corporate tax evasion as well, but i haven’t seen a tax evasion scheme like this in open source software before.
The company is Latvian, but the Latvian company used to be owned by a Russian company. Right now, the company is owned by a British she’ll company, owned by a Singaporean holding. Fort a short while, the British company was owned by someone acting as a corporate advisor in Uzbekistan.
Legally speaking, they’re not Russian, but I find it hard to believe they’ve actually severed ties. I believe they changed their business structure to avoid EU sanctions. This could just be your basic corporate tax evasion as well, but i haven’t seen a tax evasion scheme like this in open source software before.
Very insightful, thanks. All this does seem very fishy at best. Best to stick with LibreOffice then.