For your information WMF doesn’t allow donations from Russia since 2014. That was noted
several times (for example
https://habr.com/ru/post/242987/ (in Russian)). Russian
Wikimedia community repeatedly asked to transfer donors from Russia
to a Russian chapter donations page, but that was mostly left on read. So, WMF has no any
finances from Russia for at least 8 years.
Понедельник, 14 марта 2022, 22:36 +03:00 от Galder
Gonzalez Larrañaga <galder158(a)hotmail.com>om>:
I would understand that the non-existing Wikimedia United Stated Chapter should need to
check if they have investments in/from Russia. The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations
worldwide, including Russian citizens. And we provide knowledge to everyone, including
Russian citizens. Blocking ourselves when many wikimedians around Russia, Ukraine and many
other countries are at risk, is not only bad for our mission, is also risky for our
contributors.
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From: Nathan < nawrich(a)gmail.com >
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2022 4:26 PM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation governance and Russian finances
I read the original e-mail as asking for something more than implementing recent
sanctions. I hope and assume that the WMF has already taken the necessary steps to ensure
that its activities are in compliance with applicable laws.
I agree with Gerard that the WMF is different from Facebook, and its mission may make
taking steps beyond those required by sanctions unnecessary or undesirable. I know there
is a BDS-esque movement afoot against Russian interests, but "are you now or have you
ever supported Russian interests" is in a category of questions that the WMF should
very carefully consider before posing to any party. What may make sense for major
corporations may not be appropriate for non-profits with an exclusively educational and
explicitly global mission.
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