Most private companies aren’t legally bound to exit Russia, but the PR is terrible if they stay.
The change in the political atmosphere in Russia under Putin seems to have caught Western corporate managements by surprise. That shouldn’t have happened. It was always clear that Russia’s post-Soviet economic and political landscape was unstable at best. Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika, or restructuring, yielded to financial lawlessness and the rise of a privileged class of oligarchs resembling organized crime capos.
The harvest has been a sudden rush to the exits that could mean the loss of billions of dollars in long-term investments., Putin acknowledged that the sanctions have caused hardship for Russians. Mondelez landed on Sonnenfeld’s “scaling back” category, but he doesn’t entirely accept its words. “Oreo cookies and Cadbury chocolates are important staples in my household, but they aren’t required for sustaining life in Russia,” he says. “Even if they were, they should be curtailed — none of this is about a soft landing for the Russians.”Russian-language web page
Russia’s oil and gas industry isn’t currently subject to the full panoply of international sanctions, but it’s dependent on those firms for drilling and production. The U.S. has banned imports of Russian petroleum products and forbidden U.S. companies to make new investments in the Russian industry; the European Union has also banned new capital investments.
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“Among the consumer companies identified as ‘digging in’ are: Subway; Reebok; Bacardi, Dewar’s Scotch and Grey Goose vodka, among other brands); the electronics companies LG and Asus; & Natura, owner of Avon cosmetics.” Not to mention Koch Industries…
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They love money, Putin or both, too much.
Which companies did not leave Russia? To move there permanently. Who else will buy from those companies? Europe, the United States? No.
Send my modest 'contribution' their way. Whenever, wherever.
Just a reminder that boycotts hurt employees more than companies.
被认定为“深挖”的消费品公司包括快餐连锁店赛百味；锐步；百加得（其同名朗姆酒、杜瓦威士忌和灰鹅伏特加等品牌的制造商）；电子公司 LG 和华硕；和雅芳化妆品的所有者 Natura。
Companies that have not left Russia should receive hall of fame for humanity everywhere. They are committed to peace And human kind, they deserve our appreciation. Professor Isagholian