There were no recent changes in sanctions and I don't understand why this turn off in donations happened just now.
Ideas about SWIFT kick out are not relevant here, as it was just a discussion some months ago but no such action happened. Furthermore, the sanctions were placed on particular companies and individuals, there were no prohibitions against all financial relations. So, I could understand if donations weren't accepted when they were sent via a couple of banks under sanctions, but I want to repeat that there is, for example, no prohibition to receive money from Russians. rubin16 13 нояб. 2014 г. 4:01 пользователь "David Gerard" <dger...@gmail.com> написал: > I'm presuming this is sanctions against Russia kicking in; all sorts > of business has been stopped dead in its tracks, not just charity > donations. There's even serious moves to kick Russia out of the SWIFT > network: > http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-04/ultimate-sanction-barring-russian-banks-from-swift-money-system > It strikes me as quite unlikely that there's anything at all WMF can > actually do about this. Possibly it could have been handled better, > but that won't change the fact. > > On 13 November 2014 00:12, Craig Franklin <cfrank...@halonetwork.net> > wrote: > > I'm sure that you're correct here Joseph, but this is another example I > > think where the Foundation should have notified the relevant chapter > > *before* taking the action, so that they would be ready when the > questions > > started rolling in. > > > > Unfortunately, I think we're getting back to the bad old days of chapter > > and user group press contacts being the last people to find out about > > potentially controversial issues like this. > > > > Regards, > > Craig Franklin > > (personal view only) > > > > > > On 13 November 2014 10:07, Joseph Seddon <josephsed...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> 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)" <nemow...@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 don...@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. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Fundraiser mailing list > >>> fundrai...@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/fundraiser > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Fundraiser mailing list > >> fundrai...@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/fundraiser > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
