"Unacceptable Choice": Why Avon, Natura, Raiffeisen and 2 other brands don't go with the Russian Federation - FT

Only every tenth Western company left Russia after the invasion. More than 3 thousand - continue to work and sell Russians cosmetics, medicines and food. Western brands cannot leave the Russian Federation because they occur with more obstacles that the Russian government puts them. In addition, they would not like to lose money by selling for the nothing previously built factories. The reasons that the leaders of Western companies remaining in Russia are voiced on the Financial Times portal.

The portal journalists analyzed the list of brands that continue to work in the Russian Federation in the third year. Brand owners call a number of good reasons why they do so. On the infographic of the Kiev School of Economics, which was given on the portal, you can see the ratio of those who left. The ratio - 1 to 10: 300 companies that have lost their business in the Russian Federation are 3,000, which are still working there. "Many European companies were between hammer and anvil.

They said they would. Owners and managers of Western companies have named a number of reasons to do business in Russia. FT journalists have distinguished 10 points: FT recalled the names of several brands that work in the Russian Federation, give the work to the Russians, sell and produce products, pay taxes: and others.

It should be noted that in Ukraine it was possible to see a list of international companies that continued to work in the Russian Federation after the attack of Russians on Ukrainians. The list was conducted by the National Anti -Corruption Agency. In the spring of 2024, this area of ​​activity of the NACC was curtailed, and the base of the so -called "international sponsors of war" was hidden.