Leaving Russia: the key questions facing multinationals
London | Volodymyr Zelensky’s message was blunt. Western businesses must leave Russia immediately “because it is flooded with our blood”, the Ukrainian President told the US Congress last week. Those that stayed, he said, would be financing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war.
Multinationals have pulled back from Russia at unprecedented speed and scale. Some, such as Danone, have stopped new investments but insisted they would remain, citing a responsibility to “the people we feed [and] the farmers who provide us with milk”.
Financial Times
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