Russian Federation Council Member Alexey Pushkov commented in his article. telegraph channel The words of Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on the withdrawal of Finnish companies from the Russian market.
6 July Niinistö declarationcertainly all Finnish companies left the Russian market, but this did not yield any results. According to him, although much more sanctions were imposed after the start of Russian special operations than in 2014, their effectiveness is low due to various ways of circumventing Moscow.
Pushkov believes that the Finnish government should not pressure companies to leave the Russian market. The parliamentarian noted that in any case, the share of these companies is much less than that of Western companies that continue to operate in Russia.
Pushkov added that in the past, Finland followed a more balanced policy towards the Russian Federation and “just took advantage” of it. But under the current conditions, relations between Helsinki and Moscow are based on anger, emotions and absolute hostility towards the Russian Federation, the senator expressed his opinion.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
In addition, many Western companies such as McDonald’s, The Coca-Cola Export Corporation, Nike Inc, Adidas AG, Inditex SA (Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka) have decided to suspend their operations in the Russian Federation or leave altogether. Russian market.
It was previously reported that stores could be allowed free of charge. distribute food.
Source: Gazeta
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