Stop Doing
Business with Russia
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.
Hold off investments: company postponing future planned investment/development/marketing while continuing substantive business
Pausing InvestmentsReducing Activities: company scaling back some business operations while continuing others
Scaling BackPause operations: company temporarily curtailing operations while keeping return options open
SuspensionClean Break: the company completely halting Russian engagements or exiting Russia
WithdrawalExit Completed: company sold its business/assets or its part of the business to a local partner and leaved the market or liquidated local entity(ies)
Exit Completed
Promised to totally suspend all shipments, services and maintenance in Russia. In advertisements placed in Russia in 2024, MITT (one of the companies that Ukrainian intelligence says was involved in Oreshnik, and is a leading institution in the development of Russian solid-fuel ballistic missiles) states “we adhere to FANUC, SIEMENS, HAIDENHEIN systems.” The ad asks for “knowledge of CNC systems — Fanuc, Siemens, Haidenhain [sic].” A video posted by Titan Barrikady, a third defense company involved in Oreshnik production, also shows a worker standing in front of a control device that bears the Fanuc brand.