Koch Industries, Nestle, Renault - នេះគឺជាក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលស្ថិតនៅក្រោមភ្លើងសម្រាប់ទំនាក់ទំនងរុស្ស៊ី

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Nestle Saturday for not taking enough action to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, and Nestle leads a small but powerful list of multinational companies maintaining Russian business operations.

ការពិតសំខាន់

ហ្សេលសិនស្គី រិះគន់ Swiss food giant ក្រុមហ៊ុន Nestle for continuing to sell goods in Russia during a video address to a rally in Switzerland, saying, “Business works in Russia even though our children are dying and our cities are being destroyed,” though Nestle, whose Russian business accounts for 2% of overall sales, រក្សា it only sells essential products and has suspended all advertisements and capital investment in the country.

Koch ឧស្សាហកម្ម, the American conglomerate that ranks as the second-largest private company in the U.S. according to ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes" ការប៉ាន់ប្រមាណ thanks $115 billion in annual revenue, stuck by its Guardian Industries subsidiary continuing to operate its two glass manufacturing facilities business in Russia Wednesday, and Koch COO Dave Robertson explained in a សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍ the company doesn’t want to abandon its employees in the country “or hand over these manufacturing facilities to the Russian government so it can operate and benefit from them.”

In addition to Koch Industries, at least 36 other companies have refused to scale back their Russian business operations, according to a widely cited បញ្ជី compiled by Yale University professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, who identifies 350 companies as withdrawing from Russia or suspending operations there.

ធនាគារ Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second-largest bank, is among the large firms that hasn’t pulled out from Russia: Its chief executive Thomas Gottstein បាននិយាយថា: Tuesday the company is “reviewing” its Russian business ties, but the company’s 1.1 ពាន់លាន $ in exposure to Russia through loans and subsidiaries makes a withdrawal from the bank very unlikely.

ក្រុមហ៊ុនផលិតរថយន្តបារាំង ក្រុមហ៊ុន Renault also hasn’t announced any changes to its Russian business, and its reliance on the country presents significant challenges: the company has roughly 40,000 employees in Russia and accounts for about a third of the Russian car market, នេះបើយោងតាម to Reuters, and Renault shares have fallen by more than 30% since Russia began its war on Ukraine.

ឱសថយក្សអង់គ្លេស AstraZeneca ។ is បន្ត new medicine trials in Russia, after competitors Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline បាននិយាយថា: this week they will not begin new clinical trials in the country.

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Several notable companies announced changes to their Russian business dealings after garnering attention last week for not doing so as hundreds of other companies announced changes to their business in the country. ក្រុមហ៊ុន Citigroup បានប្រកាស Monday it will “expand the scope” of its exit from Russia beyond its previously announced exit from consumer banking in the country. Tire makers Bridgestone និង Pierlli were slow to announce any modification to their Russian operations, but ទាំងពីរ បានប្រកាស the suspension of manufacturing in the country this week.

ហេតុការណ៍គួរឱ្យភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល

Zelensky had avoided singling out individual companies for their Russian business dealings until last Sunday, when he បានអំពាវនាវ technology giants Microsoft, Oracle and SAP to further roll back their operations in Russia. In his Saturday speech, Zelensky called on Swiss banks to step up their actions against Russia, saying, “The money of the people who unleashed this war is in your banks. Help fight this,” though Zelensky didn’t specifically name Credit Suisse or other banks. Switzerland បានប្រកាស last month it will freeze the assets of individuals sanctioned by the European Union, but the Swiss Bankers Association ការប៉ាន់ប្រមាណ Swiss banks hold up to $215 billion of Russian money in offshore accounts.

អានបន្ថែម

ក្រុមហ៊ុនចម្រុះជាតិសាសន៍កំពុងបន្តការលក់នៅក្នុងប្រទេសរុស្ស៊ីក្រោមសម្ពាធកើនឡើងដើម្បីចាត់វិធានការកាន់តែខ្លាំង (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

Verizon, Pfizer, Deutsche Bank - នេះគឺជាក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលកាត់ទំនាក់ទំនងជាមួយរុស្ស៊ីជុំវិញការឈ្លានពានអ៊ុយក្រែន (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

Zelensky Presses ក្រុមហ៊ុន - Microsoft, SAP និង Oracle - ដើម្បីដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្មរុស្ស៊ីបន្ថែមទៀត (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/03/20/koch-industries-nestle-renault-here-are-the-companies-under-fire-for-russian-ties/