jetbrains is a russian company with russian owners. The very fact they (similarly to wargaming of belarus) etablished venues in czech, cyprus etc, were:
1. to whitewash 'russia' label from they brand
2. to avoid potential economic sanctions (esp. post 2014 and Crimea)
3. tax evasion (yeah, cyprus is hq, truly like egshell apple/google ireleand is not for tax evasion)
4. able to recruit some westerners which were needed for sales/marketing to out-of-russia markets (skills, local market, local connections).
to make it clear: I consider both products really good, and both companies successfull and well managed on a worldwide scale. They success can be also measured by the very fact that you fell prey to their marketing strategy 'we're not russian company'. they are.
jetbrains is a russian company with russian owners. The very fact they (similarly to wargaming of belarus) etablished venues in czech, cyprus etc, were:
1. to whitewash 'russia' label from they brand
2. to avoid potential economic sanctions (esp. post 2014 and Crimea)
3. tax evasion (yeah, cyprus is hq, truly like egshell apple/google ireleand is not for tax evasion)
4. able to recruit some westerners which were needed for sales/marketing to out-of-russia markets (skills, local market, local connections).
to make it clear: I consider both products really good, and both companies successfull and well managed on a worldwide scale. They success can be also measured by the very fact that you fell prey to their marketing strategy 'we're not russian company'. they are.