Putin Advocates for Limiting Microsoft Teams and Zoom in Russia

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Alright, so there’s this whole hullabaloo with Microsoft Teams and all those tech-y things from Western brands being, well, kinda targeted by Putin. Read this on Reuters, and honestly, no clue why this caught my attention, but it did. Putin’s all like, “Let’s throttle them,” as if he’s talking about some kind of villainous plot. Apparently, they’re out for a tit-for-tat. “They’re trying to choke us,” he says. So, uh, yeah, snip-snap, let’s choke ‘em back?

Microsoft ditched selling software in Russia back in 2022, leaving only minimal crumbs of service. And a bunch of other big shots totally bailed on Russian ops. Isn’t that wild?

Anyway, you know how McDonald’s got replaced by, uh, Vkusno i Tochka? Yeah, I can’t pronounce that either. So now, Putin’s eyeing the tech playground for a similar swap. Because, why not, right? The folks at TechRadar mentioned Kaspersky Lab has its own line of stuff competing with Western programs. Oh, and Kaspersky Lab? It’s got its main digs in Moscow but the big boss is actually in the UK. Whaaat?

Kaspersky even plans to pull a disappearing act in the US come 2024, thanks to, what else, sanctions. Oh, politics, you messy beast.

Now, the timing here is just precious. Right after Putin’s chirping about Western software, Trump’s out on Truth Social, ranting about Putin going bonkers. Like, “Crazy!” with a capital C. And there’s all this missile business in Ukraine he’s not thrilled about. His words, not mine.

And, boom, that’s the scoop. Sort of.