Mykhailo Fedorov, the 31-year-old chief of the Ukraine Ministry of Digital Transformation, has been trying to get all Western tech companies to stop selling to Russia. Some have complied, others continue to serve Russian businesses, including sanctioned ones.Ukraine says the $120 billion software giant’s contracts with Russian banking customers are funding the murders of children.
Over the last decade, SAP has established a solid presence in Russia despite President Vladimir Putin’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. This week, Ukraine intensified its campaign to shame the German business-software beast into ditching its Russian customers.review of company filings and LinkedIn profiles of SAP technicians, SAP’s dealings in Russia have included contracts with multiple companies recently sanctioned over Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
SAP didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. The company had previously said it wouldn’t be signing any new contracts in Russia and that it was “stopping business in Russia aligned with sanctions,” though the company didn’t go so far as to say it would stop work with current customers. Oracle, meanwhile, has gone further, saying it was cutting off updates and customer support as well as refusing to sign any new contracts.
SAP shouldn't be sap...😠