What you described is unethical but quite a rational strategy in a corrupt political system. Pay up as long as the bribes are tolerable, use political leverage

What you described is unethical but quite a rational strategy in a corrupt political system. Pay up as long as the bribes are tolerable, use political leverage otherwise. Add a risk bonus (and bribe bonus) to your prices. That is exactly something to be expected from a corporation. You don't expect corporations to take the moral high ground and heal Russia's political system at the expense of their own profits? With respect to corruption there's bad news and good news. The bad news is that only Russian people can do something about it. The good news is that Russian people can do something about it.