US Companies Pay Over $1 Billion in Taxes to Russia Amid Ongoing Ukraine War

https://www.newsweek.com/us-companies-pay-over-1-billion-taxes-russia-amid-ongoing-ukraine-war-2012473

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  4. Plot twist: Phillip Morris was specifically told to stay there by NATO as part of a special health operation.

  5. The money is covered in civilian blood. Boycott these companies.

  6. the western nations keep making the same mistake, bring our enemies into the global economy, they will get fat and soft like us, and we will all magically get along. well, look at Russia, China, India, most of the middle east, … we really lifelong friends while inextricably intertwining our economies such that we are now hurting ourselves.

  9. This is a complicated situation.

    Morally and Ethically they should not be doing business with or in Russia.

    But if the taxes being paid to Russia are from the sales in the country, and it is a closed loop system, then wouldn’t that mean they are taking more from Russia than they are giving back?

    If I sell $10 worth of goods to Russian citizens and I pay $1 in tax to the Russian government, then I have removed $9 from the Russian economy.

    A company that makes products in Russia, sells the products to the Russians, and then pays a portion of those sales in Tax to the Russian government is running a closed loop system. No actual money is being injected into Russia.

    Especially if the profits are then being spent outside of Russia. It would seem those companies are actually taking money away from and out of the Russian economy.

    It would seem that the bigger economic issue is any Russian owned/backed companies working and making money outside of Russia and then spending their profits in Russia or paying taxes back to the Russian government on those earnings.

    Those funds are coming from outside of Russia and being injected into the Russia economy and to the Russian government.

    Isn’t that why some people in the US are mad at companies owning things in the US? Nippon Steel for instance, or China owning land and businesses?

    Those companies create items here, sell items to the US citizens, pay taxes to the US Government, but their profits are sent back to their home countries where the funds are spent, injecting those profits into their own country’s economy.

    The Saudi’s are even worse. They bought up and lease farmland, farm alfalfa using US land and US water, then they ship the alfalfa back to their own country, using trucks and ships that they bought and own

    [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/in-drought-stricken-arizona-fresh-scrutiny-of-saudi-arabia-owned-farms-water-use](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/in-drought-stricken-arizona-fresh-scrutiny-of-saudi-arabia-owned-farms-water-use)

    [https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2024/9/6/221673-saudi-backed-farm-fondomonte-receives-permit-for-new-well-on-its-property/](https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2024/9/6/221673-saudi-backed-farm-fondomonte-receives-permit-for-new-well-on-its-property/)

  10. These corporations would literally fund Hitler rather than lose out on some profit. The problem is the system is set up to incentivize their behavior. As far as I am concerned they are committing treason by giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

  12. You know that tax money went straight to oligarchs pockets and is funding invasion of Ukraine.

  13. These mofos won’t pay US taxes but they’ll pay Russia!? 

    Every member of the board and every C suite executive need to be tried for treason and giving the ultimate punishment for aiding an enemy. 

  15. The list.
    Phillip Morris 220mil
    PepsiCo 135mil
    Mars 99mil
    Procter & Gamble 67mil
    Mondelez 62mil
    Citigroup 53mil
    Cargil 50mil
    Johnson & Johnson 42mil

  16. Boycotting those companies is good, but what is much better is demanding from local representatives voting on laws with harsher penalties for companies that do business in russia. Moscow has hiked the taxes to fleece more money from US companies AND they have also created rules to make selling their businesses in russia very costly. US must make it even MORE costly for companies to stay in russia. This is not about a moral choice, this is about national security.

  18. From the article

    1. Philip Morris International
    2. PepsiCo
    3. Mars
    4. Procter & Gamble
    5. Mondelez
    6. Citigroup
    7. Cargill
    8. Johnson & Johnson
    9. Coca-Cola Hellenic
    10. Weatherford

  19. Well Philip Morris just paid off New Zealands health minister so anything goes currently

  20. Mars owns Banfield Pet hospitals (which I use for my doggo) and they make M&Ms and Snicker candy bars which I consume mass quantities. Sorry Ukraine I will still support your cause but I am not changing anything

  21. So keep the right blabbing going about all the money the US government sends to Ukraine.

  23. Hmmmm. And yet conservatives are FREAKING out over money sent to Ukraine…

  25. Nice to see they have no problem paying Russian taxes, too bad they won’t pay American taxes.

  26. Ukraine deserves help from the international community and Russia is in the wrong no arguments there.

    Yet this doesn’t seem like a problem to me? Putin and his Cronies are responsible for what’s going on in Ukraine, a company selling Coca Cola to some random Joe seems pretty ..normal? To me

    If they pull out another company (probably Russian or Chinese in origin) will sell soda, razors, or cigarettes to a regular citizen. Selling stuff or making a profit comes with taxes almost everywhere.

    I get the argument that this money may be used to support the war in Ukrainiane, but you could say the same thing about everything you buy/pay sales taxes on when it comes to say the War in Israel/Palestine.

    Is it immoral to buy anything here if you’re anti-Israel?

  27. Ah commerce just rolls on, I always think of the then large multi nationals trading with the Nazis right up until the last moment

  28. America paying taxes to another country that also happens to be an Empire?

    Better gear up for another Civil War and this time make the results last, okay?

  29. It would be cool if there were an app that allows you to scan products to let us know if the megacorp that makes it is currently flagged for unethical practices

  30. Stop paying these taxes.

    Force the Russians to come after you all.

    Spread them thinly.

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