• Many Western businesses including McDonald's, Apple, Visa, and Disney announced suspensions to their operations in Russia over the Ukraine invasion. So why then haven't companies doing business in China, with all its aggressive acts and human rights abuses, taken similar measures? | REUTERS
    Many Western businesses including McDonald's, Apple, Visa, and Disney announced suspensions to their operations in Russia over the Ukraine invasion. So why then haven't companies doing business in China, with all its aggressive acts and human rights abuses, taken similar measures? | REUTERS
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This week an increasing number of prominent businesses have announced partial or full halts to business operations in Russia.

The businesses include McDonald's, Apple, Netflix, Shell, Visa, MasterCard and Disney among others. This self-restraint is meant to put pressure on Russia and its very unpopular invasion of Ukraine by inflicting economic damage on Russia, President Vladimir Putin and his supporters.

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