Updated: Mykhailo Fedorov requests the severance of business relationships with Russia, and Oracle takes this step.
Ukraine’s government has called on Oracle and SAP to end business relationships with entities tied to Russia immediately. On March 2, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, tweeted a copy of letters addressed to Oracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO Safra Catz, and SAP’s chief executive officer Christian Klein. The letters are similar in their appeals, and both request an end to business relationships in Russia in response to the current invasion of Ukraine by the country. In the letter sent to Oracle’s leadership, Fedorov said, “Ukraine is now on the frontline of the defense of the principles of democracy and freedom in the face of the war waged by [the] Russian Federation.
