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I would be interested in an alternative too. I know JetBrains was created by Russians living in Czech republic so I am not sure it is directly supporting the russian state, however I am sure the devs have family in Russia that could be pressured. I am also concerned that there was rumours that the solarwinds hack was as a result of malicious code in RubyMine.

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They made a public statement within a day from the invasion citing they strongly object it. Being a Russian and doing this publicly - so early - is pretty dangerous for the founders. So yea, they aren't supporting Putin, you can calm your mind and continue using RM because an alternative doesn't exist.

Ftr: https://twitter.com/jetbrains/status/1496786254494670851

And later https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2022/03/11/jetbrains-stateme...

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