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And core employees are Russian, with many having relocated at some point in the past; here are most of the people from this list: https://www.jetbrains.com/company/people/

- 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.




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