{"id":11085,"date":"2025-02-23T00:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T23:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/?p=11085"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T13:43:40","slug":"e16-billion-to-kill-ukrainians-multinationals-are-funding-russias-war-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/en\/e16-billion-to-kill-ukrainians-multinationals-are-funding-russias-war-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20ac16 billion to kill Ukrainians: Multinationals are funding Russia\u2019s war machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"85\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"83\">\u20ac16 Billion to Kill Ukrainians: Multinationals Are Funding Russia\u2019s War Machine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"518\">For three years, Russian bombs have been raining down on Ukraine. Entire cities have been wiped out, thousands of civilians massacred, and yet some Western multinationals continue to fuel the Kremlin\u2019s war effort. Out of sheer greed, they pour billions of euros in taxes and duties into Russia, directly funding the weapons that kill Ukrainian men and women every single day. This is a moral betrayal of unacceptable proportions.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"567\"><strong data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"565\">Billions Funneled into Putin\u2019s Regime<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"1021\">According to the latest figures from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), nearly <strong data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"677\">60% of Western companies<\/strong> that were operating in Russia at the start of the war are still doing business there today. Since 2022, they have generated nearly <strong data-start=\"809\" data-end=\"836\">\u20ac500 billion in revenue<\/strong> and paid <strong data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"861\">\u20ac16 billion<\/strong> in taxes and duties to the Russian state budget. The biggest contributor? The Austrian bank <strong data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"968\">Raiffeisen<\/strong>, which alone accounts for a <strong data-start=\"997\" data-end=\"1018\">tenth of that sum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1310\">Investigations by <em data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1052\">L\u2019Express<\/em> have exposed how these corporations continue to funnel billions into the Russian state, directly financing its war machine. With Russia now fully converted into a war economy, <strong data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1271\">over 40% of the country\u2019s tax revenues<\/strong> are absorbed by the military budget.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1364\"><strong data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1362\">Deliberate Support for Russia\u2019s War Effort<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1366\" data-end=\"1734\">These multinationals can no longer claim ignorance. <strong data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1532\">Every euro paid to Putin\u2019s regime directly funds the tanks, missiles, and drones that are devastating Ukraine.<\/strong> By choosing to remain in Russia, they are making a clear decision: <strong data-start=\"1600\" data-end=\"1627\">profit over human lives<\/strong>. While these companies continue to profit from their Russian operations, Ukrainians are paying in blood.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1736\" data-end=\"1772\"><strong data-start=\"1740\" data-end=\"1770\">An Urgent Call to Withdraw<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1774\" data-end=\"2039\">For three years, <strong data-start=\"1791\" data-end=\"1841\">Stand With Ukraine and the B4Ukraine coalition<\/strong> have been urging multinationals to take responsibility and <strong data-start=\"1901\" data-end=\"1940\">immediately exit the Russian market<\/strong>. Their presence in Russia means only one thing: the <strong data-start=\"1993\" data-end=\"2036\">indirect financing of a criminal regime<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2041\" data-end=\"2379\">The findings of <em data-start=\"2057\" data-end=\"2068\">L\u2019Express<\/em> reveal the full scale of this complicity. It is time for these companies to stop supporting Putin\u2019s war machine through their taxes, duties, and ongoing business activities. <strong data-start=\"2243\" data-end=\"2377\">Their inaction makes them complicit. Every day they remain in Russia is another day they fund the destruction of an entire nation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2381\" data-end=\"2474\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The choice is simple: <strong data-start=\"2403\" data-end=\"2474\" data-is-last-node=\"\">humanity or profit. We demand that they finally make the right one.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u20ac16 Billion to Kill Ukrainians: Multinationals Are Funding Russia\u2019s War Machine For three years, Russian bombs have been raining down on Ukraine. 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