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
The leading manufacturer of football fields, SIS Pitches, seems to be continuing its work in the Russian Federation for the ninth month of the war.
ATP fines Lawn Tennis Association for banning Russian, Belarusian players.
Russian and Belarusian officials and boxers will not participate in IBA international sanctioned competitions. Canceled international events in Russia and Belarus in 2022. (Gazprom advertised as a general partner on IBA site.). But later International Boxing Association lifts ban on Russia, Belarus. USA Boxing, the national governing body for the sport in the country, terminated its membership of the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA). The International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its 142nd session in Paris decided to exclude the International Boxing Association (IBA) from the list of recognized federations.
Initially suspended Russian athletes & relocate Russian events. The International Canoe Federation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to its competitions under a neutral flag, provided they do not support the war in Ukraine.
Removing international events from Russia and Belarus. Athletes and official will be prohibited from all competitions. Pledged over $1M for Ukranian equestrian community. The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) at the end of 2025 has decided to ease restrictions for athletes from Russia and Belarus.
Competitions in Russia have been canceled or relocated. Banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from sanctioned competition. But later it was announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to return to competing in International Fencing Federation (FIE) events. Russian oligarch Usmanov became a candidate for the post of the head of the International Fencing Federation.
Vladimir Putin and Arkady Rotenberg have been removed from all positions held in the IJF. All IJF sanctioned judo competitions have been canceled in Russia. Russian athletes can compete at IJF events under the IJF flag, logo, and anthem. The IJF Executive Committee has decided to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in IJF events as individual neutral athletes. IJF bans spectators wearing Russian military symbol at World Judo Championships.
Recommended that international sports federations not allow Russian or Belarusian athletes and officials to participate in international competition. Paris Olympics 2024: IOC aiming to include Russian athletes despite Ukrainian president's call for their ban. "The sanctions against the Russian and Belarusian States and Governments are not negotiable. They have been unanimously confirmed by the recent Olympic Summit meeting on 9 December 2022," the IOC. "Now we are undertaking all the efforts to accomplish the mission, offer of the Olympic Movement by having athletes with Russian or Belarusian passports back into the international competitions," Bach said. "I see that the governments, it's their right to express their position," Bach said. "But that they also realize that any kind of boycott would only punish their own athletes and would deprive their people to be proud of their athletes of their Olympic performances." The International Olympic Committee, or IOC, banned the Russian Olympic Committee after the ROC recognized regional organizations from four annexed Ukrainian territories. The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided that Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) who have qualified through the existing qualification systems of the International Federations (IFs) on the field of play will be declared eligible to compete at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in accordance with the the conditions outlined below. Individual Neutral Athletes are athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport. Athletes from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to participate in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, the IOC has said. Moscow said the move "destroyed the Olympic idea. The International Olympic Committee announced what had already been foreshadowed by the IIHF: The ban on Russian teams that was in place for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics will remain in effect for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina. As a result, there will be no teams representing Russia at the men’s or women’s Olympic ice hockey tournaments. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to the 2026 Winter Olympics in neutral status.
Russia and Belarus’ Paralympic committees were banned by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), likely till next fall. The appeals tribunal of the IPC satisfied the appeal of the PKR and confirmed that the decision of the General Assembly of the IPC to suspend the membership of the PKR in the IPC is canceled. The General Assembly of the International Paralympic Committee fully restored the status of the Paralympic Committees of Russia and Belarus. Restrictions on the committees of the two countries were introduced due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Suspended Russian partnerships. But later the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has decided to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris as neutrals.
Spanish JOMA, a manufacturer of uniforms for football teams, continued to work in Russia. Independent corporate management consultant Oleksandr Lysenko drew attention to the fact that football clubs CSKA (owned by the Russian state Vnesheconombank) and Akhmat, which Kadyrov takes care of, perform in the JOMA form. On the international website of JOMA, there is no mention of work in the Russian Federation, but all information about the brand in Russia is available on the Russian version of the portal. Joma not only continued its work in Russia, but also actively expanded. In the summer of 2023, in addition to CSKA (the owner is the sub-sanctioned Vnesheconombank), FC Akhmat, which Kadyrov takes care of, was added to its clients.
“We are delighted to announce that Russia will be competing in SAFF U17 Women’s Championship 2023…” a statement states.
Tennis Australia is standing by its position to allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at this year's Australian Open, despite calls for them to be banned.
According to the UFC website, 20 Russian fighters are currently participating in organized competitions. But amid the merger of the UFC and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) for $21 billion, Russian fighters remain an integral part of the UFC's business model.
Russian and Belarusian tennis players will be able to play at the US Open, but they are prohibited from using their national symbols and must compete under a neutral flag. Earlier, the Wimbledon tennis tournament banned Russians from participating due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Statement condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine. Withdrew the honorary 9th dan black belt conferred to Mr. Vladimir Putin in November 2013. Initially Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials will not be permitted to compete at World Taekwondo events but later officially sanctioned almost full admission of Russians to its tournaments, including the world championship starting at the end of May 2023.