I downloaded GGpoker, I wanted to make a deposit, but the method that I wanted to deposit money did not work for them.(so haven't been able to play on this site yet)And so I play a lot of on pokerstars (no problems happened)Russian players seem to be able to play on GGpoker,this site belongs to a Chinese company, and the Chinese did not impose sanctions against Russia
GG Poker is owned by GG International and is registered in the Isle of Man. The CEO is reported as Segii Romanenko, though in my opinion GG seem to prefer keeping matters confused.
GG Poker on its site claims it was founded in 2017. It wasn't, it was founded in 2014.
However the Good Game network targeted the Chinese and Asian markets for the first several years giving the appearance of being a Chinese company. Which of course is odd as
online poker is illegal in China so they were acting in a grey area. Perhaps that is why they have rewritten their story to claim they were founded 3 years later when they started getting serious traction in Europe. In the same vein Negreanu now talks as if he has been there since inception and grew the site (he joined at the end of 2019). No doubt he has given the site a tremendous boost but he had never ventured near it early days.
That said, you have to admire the ambition. The idea even a few years ago that anyone would challenge PokerStars was unthinkable, but they have outgrown them already.