[oleks]

> The people who do this are likely not American or Western European

Maybe not natively, but they may be working in the US or Western Europe, making upwards 50% of a Google/Facebook salary, if not working at Google/Facebook indeed.

Plenty of companies pay a decent salary for mediocre work, and will take the less morally sound developer, because the sound one isn't willing to work with their legacy code or less moral product (e.g., oil industry, financial services). Making good money in tech != good morals.

Finally, being physically in the US/Western Europe doesn't necessarily imply that you don't think that russia deserves to be treated better.

[robertlagrant]

I mean. Given the world as we know it would become impoverished overnight without them, it's hard to see how oil and financial services industries can be seen as immoral. Imperfect, certainly, but immoral?