User:Reinhard1885/Impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of 2022

Foreign Investment
The Russian invasion of Ukraine continually exacerbated the consumerism market within the country, in which several foreign companies began to suspend their function in Russia. According to one study from Yale University, merely 350 foreign investment companies have successfully fled the region, including luxury and retail sectors such as Chanel and Zara. McDonalds is one of the significant companies that ceased their 850 locations and united with Starbucks, Ikea and Heineken to thwart their operation during the midst of Western sanctions. Nevertheless, suspending processes from the sector believe to be a temporary move, and the company remains to disburse their workers. Thus, instituting a proliferation of concern among Russian civilians considering the restaurant was one of the first fast-food chains to operate in the former Soviet Union and drastically merge to Russian everyday activity. One interviewee expressed her concern regarding the closure of diverse sectors: "When we stood in line all those years ago, we understood the country had a real future."

Moreover, it discovered that 150 companies, including BP, Exxon, and Shell, had halted their engagement in the Russian market. Asset-light companies perhaps encounter less complicated occurrences to withdraw their operation than other sectors with a sizeable reserve of workers.

Disney continually participated in the protest against the Russian aggression on Ukraine by pausing its theatrical release; moreover, it was the first entertainment to boycott the country.

Warner Bros likewise conveyed their critics against Russia by announcing it would pause its release, including The new Batman movie.

Adidas also suspended its contract with the Russian football league after FIFA decided to suspend Russia from international football competitions, including the upcoming men's 2022 world cup.

Luxury fashion giant LVMH, an enterprise that possesses ownership in several high-end fashion brands, including  Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Fendi, and Givenchy, announced it would temporarily shut down its location in Russia

Destroyed City
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has led to the destruction of the local Ukrainian urban landscape. The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which has suffered the most in the war, has been penetrated by Russian troops and isolated from the Sea of Azov. The two armies are fighting over one of the largest metallurgical plants in Europe which is the Azovstal steel plant. Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelenskyy has condemned and provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the same time, Zelenskyy called on Putin to have a meet with him, which to prevent more bloodshed from happening.

Protest Arrested
By March 6th, reports regarding citizens arrested for protesting reached over 4000; an estimated 4888 protestors became the victim of the arrest in 69 cities. About 2319 people were detained in Moscow as of March 7th, and more reports suggested that police might retain more people than the issued list.

St. Petersburg continually witnessed the proliferation of mass detentions, with 750 detained among 1500 participants. In other locations, 1061 people were arrested among 1200 people who participated in the demonstration.

Economic Recession
The World Bank predicted that the Ukrainian economy will contract by 45 percent this year and the Russian economy by 11.2 percent due to the military operations launched by the Erdos team in Ukraine.

Export Restrictions
The Biden administration announced the latest round of export restrictions on Russia and Belarus, adding 120 Russian and Belarusian entities to the list of sanctioned entities, most companies have connections to the military. The movement is designed to weaken Russian and Belarusian defense, aviation, naval, and other strategic sectors in response to Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in a statement, "these parties are being effectively cut off from the inputs necessary to sustain Putin's war".