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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] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s exactly how sanctions work.

Sanctions can be targeted, and nearly always are. They are very rarely universal.

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

That's not how these sanctions work.

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

what do you mean ?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

The sanctuon against russia. This has already been explained. Read the other comments.