"To me, it sounds as cynical as possible: by earning and paying excise taxes in the aggressor country, the manufacturer is trying to expand production and sales of its products in Ukraine," she stated.

Bulach emphasized that the Ukrainian government should respond decisively by stopping the company's investments in the Ukrainian economy.

"We have to make a decision and ban any development, and possibly distribution, of the products of these two tobacco companies in Ukraine," she summarized.

As Ukrinform reported, the NACP has added Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco International, the world's leading tobacco companies, to the list of international sponsors of war, as they continue to do business in Russia.

Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.

Stark Logistics, a transport company partly owned by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas' (Reform) husband Arvo Hallik, has continued doing business with Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This is despite government criticism of companies that have done so.

Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added Chinese Alibaba Group Holding Limited, the owner of the online shopping portal AliExpress, to its list of international sponsors of war on Aug. 17.

Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency (NACP) added the world's largest private alcohol company Bacardi Limited to the "international sponsors of war" list on Aug. 10. The Bermudian company continues to do business in Russia during its all-out war against Ukraine.

"These companies are breaking their promises. They are functioning as wartime profiteers," a Yale professor leading the investigation told CNN.

The Cornetto maker says it will comply with Russian law to permit staff to be conscripted.

The Vermont-based ice cream maker, a subsidiary of Unilever, caused a stir over the holiday weekend when it tweeted: “The United States was founded on stolen indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let’s commit to returning it.”

But Unilever, the Dutch-Anglo conglomerate whose brands include Dove soap and Cornetto ice cream, also has drawn the ire of the Ukrainian government for paying taxes to the Russian government.

The UK-based Moral Rating Agency, which alleges that Cornetto and another Unilever brand of ice cream, Magnum, continue to be sold in Russia, blasted the firm.

It accused company of helping Russian President Vladimir Putin invade Ukraine.

While many multinational companies have halted or suspended operations in Russia, some are choosing to continue business there.

Mumbai’s Gatik Ship Management goes from one of the world's biggest tanker fleets to just 4 vessels

For the second time this year, Russia has seized the assets of foreign companies from ‘unfriendly’ states. Hundreds more may be nationalised.

“These companies are breaking their promises. They are functioning as wartime profiteers,” Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld said. “It’s beyond disappointing. It’s shameful and unethical…

'While there is very little transparency, our best estimate is that the Feckless 400 represent at least $200 million in Russian revenues.'

Here are some of the multi-national companies that have backtracking on their initial promise of leaving Russia

tl;dr: Russia is a terrorist state. Choose to reject sponsors of Russian terrorism.

At 4am on Feb 24,2022, it escalated its terrorism by starting a full-scale war of invasion and occupation against the free and democratic people of Ukraine; kidnapping them, raping them, torturing them, bombing them, dropping cluster bombs on them, dropping banned white phosphorus on them, enslaving them, killing them, threatening their existence & future with nuclear destruction,and commiting ecocide against their nation. Because that is what terrorist states do.

Even today, there are multi-national corporates who carry on their business as usual in Russia. Their taxes sponsor Russia's war, their resources including manpower are at Russia's desposal to use in their illegal war, they create products that assist in the iilegal war on Ukraine.
They sponsor inflicting death, pain, and suffering on Ukrainians.

They either value profits over freedom or they support Russian imperialism. Or maybe both, por que ne los dos?

They are a sorry lot, they're the the SoRI lot. We have created this zine to name the SoRI businesses, so we can, as civilians, act against Russian terrorism by punishing their sponsors with our wallets.

Since corporates value ther profit margin above all, we have the power to pressurise them by refusing to spend our money on their services and products. We can pressure them by spending our money on businesses that refuse to support Russian imperalism. We can pressurise them by telling them what we doing and why.

How we choose to spend our 2 cents will make our opposition or support felt to sponsors of Russian invasion.

Slava Ukraini!

While it’s impossible to be perfect on our own, when we’re in alliance and doing our best where we can, we can work together to reduce the damage of unethical systems and pressure companies to adopt more ethical practices. So this is a thread to bring those ideas together. What works for you to live more ethically?

I’ll start. My main interests are veganism and zero waste, which naturally go hand in hand with avoiding buying things. Here are some alternatives and resources I personally use that coincide with avoiding Proctor & Gamble:

You can avoid Hellman’s easily by making your own mayo. If the eggs squick you out, or you just want bonus points, I use this vegan garlic mayo recipe. It keeps for weeks and I don’t miss mayo at all. This requires a blender - any kind is fine.

Soap: someone near you makes bars of this that are better quality and sells them for roughly $5, I guarantee it. If not, making it is pretty straightforward as long as you follow instructions carefully and use established recipes. If you want to go custom, you can also use a lye calculator. This one requires an immersion blender.

Breyer’s/ice cream in general: Get yourself some xanthan gum for regular dairy, and add soy lecithin to your list if you want to do vegan ice creams. The xanthan gum inhibits ice crystals for a smooth and creamy texture, and helps with scoopability. Soy lecithin helps emulsify oil and water, so you can use it to bring up the fat content of soy or oat bases to be closer to a heavy cream. Requires a blender.

Gillette: get a safety razor. Mine’s a vintage lady Gillette I got off eBay. You will save so much money on blades it’s not even funny.

Lipton: your local grocery store might have loose leaf tea in the bulk section. If so, try that first. If not and you’re in the U.S., check out Arbor Teas instead. Small business, fair trade, high quality stuff, and the packaging is completely compostable, making it an awesome zero waste choice.

I also found this helpful website for when you do purchase something - it’s UK oriented, but covers a lot of global brands and looks like an excellent starting point for doing a bit of research before buying. https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/

Your turn. What works for you? All ideas are welcome, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. Let’s make ethical choices accessible.

The export of exhaust fuel from Russia has been decreasing since the sanctions were implemented – both in quantity and cost, and in June 2023 Russia’s income from this type of economic activity reached a minimal monthly index.

Western companies are withdrawing from Russia under public pressure, but not everyone is affected. Three American corporations, including Mondelez, Mars and PepsiCo have shown rapid growth of their sales in Russia. All of them managed to cash in on the withdrawal of more conscious competitors.

That's what Bloomberg reported, citing the companies' financial reports and Russian tax data. The more the trade volume and profits of U.S. corporations in Russia grow, the more taxes they pay to the Kremlin. And the Russian authorities use this money to finance the war against Ukraine.

Russia initiated aggression against Ukraine in 2014. On February 24, 2022, it started a full-scale military invasion to the Ukrainian territory. This brutal war and military crimes of Russian troops caused a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine with thousands civilians killed and millions becoming refuges.

As a reaction to this act of aggression, many international companies decided to leave the Russian market, while some others continue doing business there as usual. We track such decisions of companies and urge them to stop funding the war.

The National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) has included the Procter & Gamble corporation in the list of international sponsors of the war.

China’s largest oil and gas equipment research, development and manufacturing industrial group, Kerui has been listed as international war sponsors by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP).

The decision was caused by the fact that the company not only continued to supply its products to the Russian Federation after the full-scale invasion, but also strengthened cooperation with the aggressor state, in particular, increasing export volumes in 2022 by almost 8.5 times.

The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) listed Chinese manufacturer and supplier of video surveillance equipment as international sponsors of war.

The company belongs to a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur Li Shufu. The head of Chinese car conglomerate Geely has backed the Geely car brand's decision to increase car sales in Russia after global rivals pulled out of the market following the Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has declared U.S. Mondelez International company an international sponsor of war, the agency reported on Telegram on May 25.