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I disagree about this part: “if they stay and continue to operate - the government leaves them for the most part alone” Foreign businesses are known to have be

• VincentEvans 3y ago
  From the Danone link you posted: “Russia says it has been forced to act to ensure that operations continue at important businesses whose Western owners have declared they are exiting. But it may be difficult for investors to regain control of the assets. …and further down: "We will undoubtedly see more of these actions. But there should, at least for now, be no threat to western companies which either have said they intend to stay in Russia or have specifically not said they are looking to exit." However, this is just arguing small points, because when I stated that business that continue to operate “generally left alone, for now” is hand-wavy enough to allow for a spectrum of bullshit and uncertainty that makes it rather difficult to operate, and an environment where laws are pretend. Personally, I feel that any business that continues to operate in Russia tacitly contributes to war and props up the regime, one way or another. Its immoral.
  • af78 3y ago
    Thanks for expanding.