There is a -supposedly incomplete- list of companies still doing business with Russia from around the globe.

Cloudfare. The San Francisco security and web performance services provider is complying with sanctions, but decided against terminating its services inside Russia. “Russia needs more internet access, not less,” Matthew Prince, the company’s co-founder and CEO, wrote in March. “We believe removing our services from Russia would do more harm than good,” a spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch in an email.

I can see their point at least. Using the internet is probably the most effective way to get around state media. If you’re an ordinary Russian farmer in, say, Novosibirsk who only gets news from Russian state media, having a way to interact with sources outside state owned outlets like RIA Novosti and Россия 1 would help them see how they rest of the world views the invasion of Ukraine.

What about all the private companies? The list will never be complete.