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US Companies Pay Over $1 Billion in Taxes to Russia Amid Ongoing Ukraine War (www.newsweek.com)
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American firms in Russia paid the country $1.2 billion in profit taxes in 2023, according to figures from campaign group B4Ukraine and the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) Institute shared exclusively with Newsweek. This tax contribution makes the U.S. the largest contributor of foreign profit taxes to Russia, something a former top U.S. diplomat called "shameful."

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

But, it is partially how some sanctions work.

Trade sanctions, you can have unilateral ones, or narrowly focused ones.

Afaik, there aren't any unilateral economic trade sanctions against russia. There's a shit ton to sort through, but none that target the industries from the posted article. Or am I missing where those segments have been targeted? I only saw stuff related to energy, mining, and similar war necessary materials/supplies.

But I know I didn't see anything that would bar all trade

Edit: I just noticed that I said companies before. Is that the issue?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Apparently it's all about exports out of russia. Western countries have blocked importing russian goods, and frozen any assests russia has internationally.

Only companies that are blocked are the defense contractors. A lot of companies voluntarily pulled operations out of russia. It's not mandatory though. Certian banking systems are completely frozen, which looks to be the hardest sanction.

But i admit to really just reading up on it. I thought it was a lot more expansive than it is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's what I thought, though I could have sworn there were more than just defense contractors barred from exporting to Russia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Same. All of the news reports made it sound like the country couldn't get anything in or out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not your fault - they are announced with great fanfare!