The U.S. government has paid Russian companies over $8 million to maintain its embassy in Moscow since the war in Ukraine began, a Newsweek investigation has found, with one company that was awarded a contract later placed under sanction by Canada.Shortly after launching its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia was slapped with economic sanctions by the United States and its allies around the world. The U.S.
Meanwhile, Michael Allen, former special assistant to the president and senior director at the Nat Sec Council, and staff director of the house intel committee, said operating in Russia also sets a bad example to private companies still operating in the state. Since the war began, over 1,000 companies have publicly announced they are curtailing operations in Russia to some degree, according to Yale School of Management's Chief Executive Leadership Institute .