They own brands such as Pampers, Olay, Old Spice, Pantene, Oral B, Herbal Essences, Gilette, Dove, Hellmann’s, Axe, Knorr, Magnum, Breyers, and Lipton, among others.
They own brands such as Pampers, Olay, Old Spice, Pantene, Oral B, Herbal Essences, Gilette, Dove, Hellmann’s, Axe, Knorr, Magnum, Breyers, and Lipton, among others.
The international sponsor list is a list by Ukranian government, for all the companies that are doing business in Russia. Totally understandable move from their side of course. By actively sponsoring war effort, I think they are refering to the fact that they are paying taxes.
The title and the article is a bit misleading in some sense.
No, it’s not just the taxes, though that’s obviously a component of it. A quick google search will lead you to find that they are obligated by law to directly contribute to Russia’s military efforts by registering its draft-eligible staff, turning over information relevant to the war, assisting in the delivery of military equipment, and providing physical infrastructure, among other things.
Ukrainian or not, this isn’t just “oh well you’re kind of indirectly supporting the war by funding the government”. It is a very direct form of involvement.
Can you give me an article, because I could not find anything googling, maybe I didn’t put the right search terms. I found a website under the domain boycottrussia.info, but a website like this I can hardly consider objective. Keep in mind there is a lot of disinformation on the internet, and one should be careful using references from both the Russian and Ukranian governments and their allies.
Applying the same standard, should we boycott also all companies having business in Saudi Arabia, USA, and other countries that are involved in war efforts?
It’s waay more efficient for you to link evidence of claims you’ve made than for everyone who comes across your comment to do a “quick google search”
Proof?
One such example is construction campanies having to fulfill volunteer quota.
Edit: I didn’t want to link twitter, which is the official source, but the article is kind of bad without it: https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1678628962757378048
Important to note that phrases like “likely” and “highly likely” have very specific definition in this context.
Prime journalism we have here, pulling information out of ass:
Didn’t name any sources, just vaguely UK officials (could be anyone). Every other word is likely, meaning they are just speculating.
Complete bullshit on that article I have to say.
Some companies have a large business there
Carlsberg has started to sell stuff iirc but they had 2000 employees or something on a couple of breweries.
Their effectively paying taxes through their pay?
Also is there VAT in russia? That could also be part of it…