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@drosha69 @JeffSonnenfeld - FYI: KFC and Pizza Hut owner and Heineken claims to pause business in Russia ONE YEAR AGO , yet the brand is still alive and well in MAR 2023 theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
See this video filmed in February 2023, showing brands that are sneaking back into the russian market including #Samsonite #Levis and #Reebok .

A mixture of outright business as usual and others duping consumers russian names, selling original products.


Same old products, under fake russian branding.

These companies need calling out and being held to acount by consumers, shareholders and the media.

#StopTrade with #Russia
The Movie #Avatar and many popular TV shows still run in movie houses, despite the claim that it has been sanctioned. Movies owned by smaller production companies are selling unabated. The circumvent this by selling tickets only online? #BurgerKing opines it can’t close.
The public relations spin of the desire to end trading is trumped by these companies lust to make money.

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Mar 4
The American shoe brand #Crocs remains on the Russian market. Retail has resumed work in #Russia, supporting the russian economy despite it’s illegal invasion and #WarCrimes in #Ukraine

Stores have already opened in Moscow – in the shopping centers “Metropolis” and “Afimall”. Image
Crocs paused operations in March 2022 and resumed again in August 2022.

The brand's retail management and interaction with the franchisee were transferred under the new structure of Claire LLC, which was owned by the former head of the Russian division of Crocs, Eric Petit.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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A morally #corrupt high-profile Russian billionaires because of the success of football club Chelsea FC, Roman Abramovich was sanctioned later than some others, because he is less obviously influential than other #Putin allies.
2/8 His influence in the Kremlin is limited, he is more #Putin ‘s bitch than his friend, but is tolerated by Mr Putin (as long as he pays). Abramovich has made corrupted money out of the relationship, through #putin awarding him contracts for the #FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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#Putin's main source of funding is the Cypriot company #ErmiraConsultants, which holds stakes in enterprises important to Putin.

In particular, Ermira controls the eal Invest company registered to a figurehead - a lawyer from St. Petersburg #VladislavKopylov.
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Feb 28
1/4 Infographics published by Council of the European Union.

Russian Economy:

The Russian economy is tanking. Projections by the WB and WMF should be treated with scepticism - they are not based on facts or reporting, Russia stopped reporting to them in Q2 of 2022.

#IMF ImageImage
2/4 - Sanctions:

Sanctions are biting. Hard.

These infographics show you who is sanctioned and what is sanctioned

#Russia #Sanctions ImageImage
3/4 - Sanctions contd..

#Russia #Sanctions #RussiaisATerroistState ImageImageImage
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Feb 26
1/7 Layman’s guide to companies and Russia.

The companies that have left or who continue to trade in Russia - as monitored by team of Professor Jeffrey Sonnefeld from Harvard University. They have monitored over 1400 companies in Russia. som.yale.edu/story/2022/ove…
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The is a problem with these projections; these institutions rely only on Rosstat declarations and figures !
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