Anthropic Tightens Claude Access Rules for Russian Companies
From 12 November, Anthropic's updated Supported Regions policy blocks Claude for organizations registered in Russia or controlled by Russian persons, wherever staff are based.
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giftdetect· the right gift in minutesAnthropic will block organizations registered in Russia, or controlled by Russian persons, from using its Claude chatbot starting 12 November. The change comes with an updated Supported Regions policy, which covers regions 1 and 2, and applies regardless of employees' citizenship or location.
The restrictions cover Claude.ai, Claude Code, the API, and models offered through cloud platforms and resellers. In practice, going through an intermediary will not restore access for affected customers.
Ownership is the key test
The most significant change concerns corporate control. The ban applies to companies that are directly or indirectly majority-controlled by persons from unsupported jurisdictions. That holds even when the company itself is registered in a third country, so setting up a foreign entity does not get around the rule.
Because the test looks at who owns the business, the nationality and physical location of individual employees no longer matter.
Clarification, not a new ban
Anthropic's documents describe the update as a clarification of rules that already existed, not an entirely new prohibition. The company links the tougher wording to its preparations for an IPO. It says it needs to clean its revenue of customers who violate the regional policy.
For Russian businesses and foreign firms with Russian owners, the practical effect is that Claude-based products and internal workflows may lose access. Teams that rely on the API or on Claude Code through cloud marketplaces should check their ownership structure against the new wording. Anthropic has not published further details in the material available so far.
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