Pressure mounts for multinationals in Russia to leave

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As the war in Ukraine drags on, international companies still in Russia are facing increasing pressure to leave. Some seem to be determined to stay on, some say they are reconsidering or trying to figure out an exit and some aren’t speaking at all.

, whose billionaire CEO Charles Koch is famous for funding conservative causes, dug into that position, saying Wednesday that it has two glass manufacturing factories in Russia that employ 600 people, and it’s not going to abandon that business.

This strategy falls short, said Raj Bhala, a professor at the University of Kansas law school. “We want to do everything short of violence to stop the war,” he said. “It is better, as President Zelenskyy is suggesting, to inflict pain on everyday Russian consumers in the hopes that they may rally, or rally further, against their government and against the war.”

“The ultimate franchisor in Russia is Putin and I wouldn’t want to be sitting in Russia closing my doors if Mr. Putin doesn’t want me to close them,” he said.

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Russia is killing Ukraine babies, children and women. Russia is brutality eliminating the people of Ukraine. Lead by Putin Russia will subjugate Ukraine. To stop the annihilation of Ukraine the Russian people must pay a cost for following Putin. WWIII.

How is Ukraine different from US attacking Iraq or Afghanistan? Other than Russia is killing Whites. Why the US has money for the war in Ukraine, for Ukraine refugees, but not money for our US homeless people? Money for UKR weapons, but not for American HealthCare?

Hopefully when Russia Finishes thisilitary operation, all intl brands the closed or moved, if they ever want to return should b barred or taxxed 500% of their investment to the state and should b monitored, sanctioned and branded spies

Let's take a moment to understand what 'billionaire' CEO Charles Koch said! Seriously CharlesGKoch This is greed beyond belief! The whole point of bringing down this evil regime is to make the people revolt against this nasty regime! Wake up you fool!

In a Tuesday address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called out food companies Nestle and Mondelez, consumer goods makers Unilever and Johnson & Johnson and others, saying they and “dozens of other companies” have not left the Russian market.

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