1、April 2022 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A.Cleared for Public Release DOP-2022-U-032343-Final CNA Occasional Paper|1 A Technological Divorce:The impact of sanctions and the end of cooperation on Russias technology and AI sector Dmitry Gorenburg,Anya Fink,Sam Bendett,and Jeffrey Edmonds The economic consequ
2、ences of Russias invasion of Ukraine will take weeks,months,and probably even years to be fully revealed.But the consequences for the technology sector in general and for Russias artificial intelligence industry are already clear.Economic sanctions imposed by the United States,the European Union,and
3、 key Asian countries such as South Korea and Japan have combined with the voluntary withdrawal of most major multinational corporations from their Russian projects due to the reputational costs of conducting business in Russia and/or cooperating with Russian partners.The withdrawal of these countrie
4、s and entities will have a long-term negative impact on Russias technology sector and AI development in particular.This paper describes what is known about the impact of the war on Russias technology sector one month after the start of the conflict.It shows the extent to which the sundering of ties