Die @Bundesregierung unterstützt jetzt einen völkerrechtswidrigen Angriffskrieg eines "Alliierten", der für seine Umfragewerte alles tut – sogar Russland mehr Geld für Gleitbomben und Raketen auf #Ukraine zu verschaffen.
Irgendeinen Kommentar, #FriedrichMerz?
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/usa-russisches-erdoel-100.html
»#Ukraine has received only about 600 advanced interceptor missiles for the MIM-104 #Patriot air defense system during the entire course of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian officials told The New York Times. […]
During the first days of the recent US-Israeli war with Iran, Middle Eastern countries reportedly used more than 800 Patriot interceptors to defend against over 2,000 Iranian drones and more than 500 ballistic missiles, Zelensky and European Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius told the newspaper.«
People of 🇺🇦 #Ukraine.
A short update on #businesses still operating in #Russia, paying taxes there:
If you haven't heard much lately about those, it's because "partner" countries raised diplomatic pressure on #Ukraine, a year ago, to no longer publish its list of "sponsors of war".
There seems to be only one public list of companies (how/whether they have reduced their business in Russia) that is still kept up-to-date. It is maintained by the School of Management of the Yale University:
https://www.yalerussianbusinessretreat.com/
You can filter it by many criteria, for instance set "GICS Industry Sector" = "Consumer Staples" if you're interested in candy and sweets.
You might find out that some of your favorite companies are still paying taxes in Russia, potentially funding the arms that wound or kill children, day after day.
Some companies still doing business in Russia, and paying taxes there (links go to their respective brands):
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-closes-international-war-sponsors-list/
#SupportUkraineNow (SUN) is listing how you can support #Ukraine in very practical ways.
There are also dedicated sections for how you can help when you're living in AT, BG BR, CA, CH, CO, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GE, HU, GR, IE, IT, JP, KR, KZ, LI, LT, LV, LU, MD, NL, NZ, PL, PT, RO, RU, SE, SK, TU, TW, UK, or US.
🇺🇦 #UkraineWillPrevail
#RussiaIsATerroristState
New 12-pager on "What Are the Financial Results of Foreign Business in #Russia in 2023, and Have Exit Rates Slowed Down?"
by Oleksii #Hrybanovskyi, Andrii #Onopriienko, Nataliia #Rybalko, all #Kyiv School of Economics, #Ukraine
TL;DR:
Profit tax paid by foreign companies that disclose their figures for Russia rose from USD 5.4 billion (2021) to USD 6.4 billion (2023)¹, mostly due to tax increases;
Staying in Russia increased profits (due to reduced competition), leaving has now become expensive
Foreign banks have seen the biggest rise in profits, especially #Raiffeisen (🇦🇹 #Austria) and #OTPBank (🇭🇺 #Hungary)
Also, food companies like #Mondelez and #Pepsi, that keep saying they're only selling essentials, but actually sell much more
🇨🇳 #China seizes the moment, expanding its business considerably (no sanctions on Russia)
Some companies are camouflaging their ongoing business by fake "exits", like #LeroyMerlin from 🇫🇷 #France
about 1/3 foreign businesses have exited, exits are slowing down
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4961551
A useful data analytics tool, showing e.g. the changes in revenues and profits from 2021-2023 for industries or companies:
https://leave-russia.org/bi-analytics
¹roughly the equivalent of 6,400 "Kalibr" cruise missiles:
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/what_is_the_real_price_of_russian_missiles_about_the_cost_of_kalibr_kh_101_and_iskander_missiles-4709.html
That war is not only taking a heavy toll on the minds, souls and bodies of Ukrainians because of the invaders, but also because of being dependent on politicians and governments abroad that don't really care that much about what #Ukraine is going through.
Being forced to keep quiet, because of that dependency and the hope of not being forsaken, is an additional weight that we put on the shoulders of #Ukraine.
This is not to say that Ukraine would give up without "our" support. They've brought the full-scale invasion to a halt at a time when they had literally no support from abroad.
On war crimes of #Russia in #Ukraine, execution and use as human shields of Ukrainian Soldiers:
»‘When these were isolated cases, we could say that it was perhaps inadequate control by a particular officer of a specific unit. When we saw this happening in different units on the battlefield in #Zaporizhzhia, #Donetsk, #Kherson and Luhansk oblasts, it already indicates that the decision was made at a higher level than the head of a particular unit,’ says Yuriy #Belousov.«
Slidstvo.Info journalists presented in the documentary 'No Prisoners Taken'. The journalists also noted that the executions occurred along the entire frontline and were not associated with specific units of the Russian army.
#Ukraine, 2024:
Somebody is throwing hand grenades through your windows, 24/7, but you are strictly obliged to never shoot anywhere outside of your hallway, to avoid hurting them too much.
I believe those "sources" also said that #Putin had no intention whatsoever to invade #Ukraine, full-scale.
Incredible how fabricated speculations get passed off as "exclusive" #news about what Putin "wants".
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