I would hate to preclude any answer from the foundation. However the laws
that govern the foundation are that of the US. Given the previous and
renewed ongoing palaver with Ukraine and the presence of economic sanctions
and the increasing likelihood of on top of what is already present, I
imagine this related to that.
Im not sure of what legal risks accepting such donations would expose the
foundation to. However such precautions have been made in the past relating
to unrest.
Its no slight on the country or its individuals, just a precautionary
measure.
Seddon
On 12 Nov 2014 19:48, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <nemowiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
rubin.happy, 12/11/2014 18:48:
We received some alerts from our users that
donations are now blocked
when user is from Russia:
http://habrastorage.org/files/31b/b1f/ec9/31bb1fec9b9e45abb6ac4babcc2371
84.png
Thanks for the information. Everyone can see the same warning by clicking
the "Russia" link in
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give
Through what channels are donations blocked? Did anyone try sending a wire
to the EU (SEPA) account (IBAN GB54CHAS60924241034640), or a PayPal
donation?
Nemo
P.s.: ROTFLOL "Please email donate(a)wikimedia.org for more information on
how to make a bank transfer to the Wikimedia Foundation." In case someone
forgets there is an ocean between Europe and USA.
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