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How do I prove that my startup won't do business in countries Stripe Atlas does not support?

Hi all! Facing strange problem with Stripe Atlas support, and don't get how to go out from this loop. They have a list of countries they do not support, including Russia. I am Russian but live in the US, have another business (Delaware-based corporation) etc. The new startup has three founders - one currently lives in Russia (relocates to the US soon), second lives in Germany, me, as I told, live in Miami. Stripe thinks that we will do business in Russia, however, we are building a global service aimed at English speaking markets. Exchanging emails for a couple of days, but these guys look like robots - if there are Russian founders, then you will work in Russia, application declined.

Any advice on how to explain them it seems like a racist thing that has nothing to do with their real rules (as we won't work in unsupported countries)?