As US and European Governments move too expand sanctions against Russia over the shooting down of a Malaysian Airliner carrying 298 passengers including 27 Australians, OZ consumers are now being given an option to impose sanctions of their own against high profile Russian consumer electronics Companies.
Top of the list in the consumer software market is Kaspersky
software this is a product that is privately owned by a Russian billionaire Yevgeniy
Valentinovich Kasperskiy who often brags about his close connections with the
Kremlin.
The antivirus software is widely used in Australia and can
be purchased at mass retailers or downloaded from the Company’s web site.
Another Russian gaming Company is IC who has close
connections to politicians. 1C was founded in 199 by Boris Nuraliev in Moscow.
Best known outside of
Russia for developing the famous IL-2 Sturmovik line of World War II combat
flight simulators that includes IL-2 Sturmovik (2001), Forgotten Battles
(2003), Pacific Fighters (2004), 1946 (2006), Birds of Prey (2009, for
consoles), Cliffs of Dover (2011) and Battle of Stalingrad (2013).1C has also
developed Theatre Of War, a World War II land-based game published in the West
by Battlefront.com.
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| Scene from 1C gaming software |
The Company has produced over 100 projects for PC and
consoles including titles like Hard Truck 2, King of the Road, Rig’n’Roll,
Space Rangers,] Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, Faces of War, Men of War
series, Perimeter, Fantasy Wars, Death to Spies, King’s Bounty: The Legend and
King’s Bounty and Armored Princess..
The primary objection is to create a linked chain of
pressure whereby pressure on Russian technology Companies operating in
Australia sends a clear message to Russian Companies who have close political
links.
Here is a list of
Russian software that is available for Australian Companies to buy. You may want to check whether you are using
Russian software.
While politics often stand in the way of swift action the
internet and immediate consumer reaction can often play a role in changing
opinions.
Both the US and Australian Governments have come out and
said that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over territory held by
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine using Russian made and supplied rockets.
Body parts and wreckage from the flight, headed from
Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, and was spread over a 16 kilometre area.
Shocking photograph released by Ukrainian government
advisor shows an infant victim lying on its own in a field and while
politicians play a waiting game consumers in Australia are outraged at the lies
and old cold war spin now being delivered by the Russian Government.
10 Britons and 189 Dutch have been confirmed dead, along
with 27 Australians, 44 Malaysians and one U.S. citizen.
Ukrainian official stepped up rhetorical attack on the
Kremlin, accusing Putin of having the infant’s blood on his hands.
10 Britons and 189 Dutch have been confirmed dead, along
with 27 Australians, 44 Malaysians and one U.S. citizen.
