- CEO is a Russian who lives in Cyprus now: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergey-dmitriev-05b581/
- Cofounder is Russian, probably lives in Russia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-kipyatkov-13569590/?ori...
- CEO is Russian, lives in the Netherlands: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximshafirov/
- CAO is Russian, lives in the Netherlands: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yury-belyaev-a1608b5a/
- SVP of investments is Russian, lives in Russia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaivanov/
- development lead is Russian, lives in Germany: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximmossienko/
Kotlin was named after an island in St. Petersburg archipelago. Kotlin project lead is Russian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/relizarov/
Kotlin core contributors seem to be mostly Russian: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/graphs/contributors
So it definitely isn't a decision what won't have any effect on the company.
- CEO is a Russian who lives in Cyprus now: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergey-dmitriev-05b581/
- Cofounder is Russian, probably lives in Russia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-kipyatkov-13569590/?ori...
- CEO is Russian, lives in the Netherlands: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximshafirov/
- CAO is Russian, lives in the Netherlands: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yury-belyaev-a1608b5a/
- SVP of investments is Russian, lives in Russia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaivanov/
- development lead is Russian, lives in Germany: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximmossienko/
Kotlin was named after an island in St. Petersburg archipelago. Kotlin project lead is Russian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/relizarov/
Kotlin core contributors seem to be mostly Russian: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/graphs/contributors
So it definitely isn't a decision what won't have any effect on the company.