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"If you're IKEA and want to open a store in Moscow, you will pay x% of your revenue to a local 'businessman/thug'. If not - no store! So you wait a decade and r
by gdy 7y ago
"If you're IKEA and want to open a store in Moscow, you will pay x% of your revenue to a local 'businessman/thug'. If not - no store! So you wait a decade and realize you have no choice, and so you just pay the appropriate tributes."
A link to the source would be appropriate.
- jariel 7y agoThere is a lot of public information about IKEA's woes in Russia, it's just the tip of the iceberg [1] [1] https://www.smh.com.au/world/corruption-halts-ikea-in-russia-20110306-1bji5.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/corruption-halts-ikea-in-russia...
- gdy 7y agoYes, and I've read about the cases described by your link, however I haven't read anything about the case in the grandparent comment. I'd call it bullshit, but that would be impolite.
- jariel 7y agoIf you don't have exposure to this kind of thing, all you need is a little imagination. Or try Kofi Annan [1] [1] https://projekte.sueddeutsche.de/paradisepapers/politik/kofi-annan-on-corruption-in-africa-e783888/ https://projekte.sueddeutsche.de/paradisepapers/politik/kofi...
- gdy 7y agoI don't see what Africa has to do with Russia. But you are right, imagination is the only source of the statements like the one about Moscow and IKEA.