Russia Threatens Western Companies with Seizures and Arrests

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🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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According to a new Wall Street Journal report, the Russian government has threatened that it will seize assets of companies that withdraw from Russia and also arrest corporate leaders who criticize the government. Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Proctor & Gamble, IBM and Kentucky Fried Chicken are among the corporations that have been warned. This move by the government comes after a spate of Western companies announced that they will be rolling back their Russian business or cutting off ties with Russia altogether. We’ll talk about what this means for the future of Western businesses in Russia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.9	Welcome back to Forum.
0:36.9	I'm Marisa Lagos and Fermina Kim. According to a new Wall
0:40.7	Street Journal report, the Russian government has threatened that it will seize assets of companies
0:45.2	that withdraw from Russia and arrest corporate leaders who criticize the government. Coca-Cola,
0:51.0	McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, IBM, and Kentucky Fried Chicken are among the corporations that have been warned.
0:56.8	This move by the government comes after a spate of Western companies announced they'll be rolling back their Russian business or cutting ties off altogether with Russia.
1:05.2	We're going to talk about what this means for the future of Western business in Russia.
1:09.3	And with me to chat is Wall Street Journal reporter
1:11.9	Emily Glazer, who broke this story. Welcome to Forum, Emily. Thanks for having me. So tell us how you
1:19.4	you got this information, how you broke this story to begin with. If we could just go back to that.
1:25.2	Oh, yeah. This is like memories of an intense Friday night and weekend that I was
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