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New 12-pager on "What Are the Financial Results of Foreign Business in #Russia in 2023, and Have Exit Rates Slowed Down?"

by Oleksii #Hrybanovskyi, Andrii #Onopriienko, Nataliia #Rybalko, all #Kyiv School of Economics, #Ukraine

TL;DR:

• Profit tax paid by foreign companies that disclose their figures for Russia rose from USD 5.4 billion (2021) to USD 6.4 billion (2023)¹, mostly due to tax increases;

• Staying in Russia increased profits (due to reduced competition), leaving has now become expensive

• Foreign banks have seen the biggest rise in profits, especially #Raiffeisen (🇦🇹 #Austria) and #OTPBank (🇭🇺 #Hungary)

• Also, food companies like #Mondelez and #Pepsi, that keep saying they're only selling essentials, but actually sell much more

• 🇨🇳 #China seizes the moment, expanding its business considerably (no sanctions on Russia)

• Some companies are camouflaging their ongoing business by fake "exits", like #LeroyMerlin from 🇫🇷 #France

• about 1/3 foreign businesses have exited, exits are slowing down

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4961551

A useful data analytics tool, showing e.g. the changes in revenues and profits from 2021-2023 for industries or companies:

https://leave-russia.org/bi-analytics

¹roughly the equivalent of 6,400 "Kalibr" cruise missiles:
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/what_is_the_real_price_of_russian_missiles_about_the_cost_of_kalibr_kh_101_and_iskander_missiles-4709.html

On war crimes of #Russia in #Ukraine, execution and use as human shields of Ukrainian Soldiers:

»‘When these were isolated cases, we could say that it was perhaps inadequate control by a particular officer of a specific unit. When we saw this happening in different units on the battlefield in #Zaporizhzhia, #Donetsk, #Kherson and Luhansk oblasts, it already indicates that the decision was made at a higher level than the head of a particular unit,’ says Yuriy #Belousov.«

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https://www.slidstvo.info/english-stories/no-prisoners-taken-russians-ordered-to-execute-ukrainian-prisoners-of-war/

#EU's patience with #Orban is nearing its end.

Excellent news - if true.

I'd prefer to finally bury the #unanimity principle to using article 7, though. This evolutionary step is long overdue.

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https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/26/7439076/

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Whenever #depleted #uranium (#DU) #ammunition is used, it leaves chemically and radiologically toxic residues.

Says #UNEP, the #UN's Environmental Programme.

See their flyer here:
https://www.unep.org/resources/report/unep-depleted-uranium-awareness

Using such ammunition on your own territory is basically an indirect warfare against yourself, with severe long-term consequences, without any chance of "cleaning up", afterwards. Because: nobody ever does, it's simply deemed too expensive.

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@EugeneMcParland Many #brands that are well-known in #Germany

#Boycott:

#Daim #sweets
#Jacobs #coffee *
#LU #cookies
#Mikado sticks
#Milka #chocolate
#Oreo cookies
#Philadelphia #cheese
#Tassimo coffee *
#Toblerone chocolate
#Trident #ChewingGum
#TUC #crackers

* #Mondelez is a stakeholder

Remember:
#UkraineWillPrevail
#RussiaIsATerroristState

If you're celebrating #Easter, you might wish to #boycott #candy produced by companies still delivering to #Russia (or by companies owned by them):

#Storck group: #Toffifee #merci #nimm2 #Knoppers #WerthersOriginal
+Produced for #ALDI: #MoserRoth, #Choceur #Château

#RitterSport

BTW, Ritter claims to "donate" their Russia profits, i.e. #WarCriminals can buy choc & donate to those they raped and orphaned. How "cool". #QuadratischPraktischBlut

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