Employees of Belarusian companies banned from using Claude for work, even abroad
The ban also applies to companies controlled by individuals or legal entities from Belarus, even if such a company is registered in a country where Claude is allowed to be used.
Anthropic clarified its access restrictions to Claude: employees of companies registered in Belarus or headquartered there, as of November 12, cannot use the service for work, regardless of their location.
This follows Anthropic's updated rules. Belarus is not among the countries where Anthropic allows access to its products. Therefore, for example, a developer living in Poland or Lithuania, but working for a company registered in Belarus, cannot use Claude for this work.
The restrictions also affect companies located in allowed countries if they are directly or indirectly predominantly owned or controlled by individuals or organizations from Belarus and other unsupported regions by Anthropic.
The rules apply to Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cowork, API, and Claude models via cloud platforms and authorized resellers. Anthropic does not specify how it will verify users' connections to such companies.