🇮🇹 Italian luxury fashion brand Brunello Cucinelli is accused by short sellers of keeping its Russian stores open and selling goods at prices well above EU sanction limits. The CEO told FT the stores are closed, but staff are doing "one-on-one sales activities in our showroom and the product...

It seems PepsiCo crafted a strategy to give the impression they were leaving Russia to calm public outrage while quietly expanding their market share to profit from others’ exits. Now PepsiCo faces growing consumer backlash, calls for sanctions and exclusion from public procurement. bit.ly/3K881Tr

PepsiCo promised to quit Russia. Instead, it raked in $4.5B in revenue there last year and paid $122M in taxes — enough to buy 40 Iskander missiles. A crumpled Pepsi bottle is a telling symbol of corporate cynicism. Boycotts are growing, and the pressure is building.

Fewer firms disclose finances in Russia: of the 100 top foreign companies, 86 published reports in 2023, but only 43 in 2024. This retreat in transparency may aim to shield reputations and signal alignment with Russian authorities in sanitising war-related revenues. Read more: bit.ly/4fVdY1H

🚨Job alert! B4Ukraine is hiring a Workstream Coordinator to lead efforts tackling sanctions evasion, supply chains & corporate accountability. 💶 €2,500–3,000/month 📍 Flexible (Ukraine preferred) 📅 Apply by Oct 3: [email protected] Details: b4ukraine.org/what-we-do/workstream-coordinator

Raiffeisen Bank International has been earning record profits in Russia's war economy for three and a half years. CEO Johann Strobl has spent most of that time pledging that RBI will exit Russia. This is how much is left of that pledge: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @b4ukraine.org @attac.at

🚨 Join us in #Brussels! 🚨@bblv.be 📅 Sept 22, 12:30 PM | Place de la Liberté We demand a full ban on Russian #energy. 💥 EU must show unity as Russia attacks NATO allies, yet Belgium weakens the gas ban. ✊ Say NO to Russian #LNG!

The German consumer watchdog is suing Mondelez, the US maker of Milka chocolate, over “deceptive packaging”—shrinking the bars without reducing the packaging or price. Misleading consumers is shameful...

🇷🇺 NEW | Monthly analysis of #Russian #FossilFuel exports & sanctions ❗🚢 In August 2025, shadow tankers’ transport of Russian crude rose by 11% month-on-month ❗Revenues from coal exports increased by 7% month-on-month to the highest levels of 2025

Today, Razom We Stand + 60 orgs sent an open letter to #EU leaders: close the deadly loophole in sanctions and ban Russian #LNG in the 19th package. The Kremlin earned €931B from fossil fuels since 2022. Europe must act with strength and end Russian LNG now. razomwestand.com/open-letter-...

👉 NEW: 82% of consumers are unaware that PepsiCo pays taxes in Russia, bolstering the country’s military budget, according to a survey conducted by the US-based consumer rating platform PissedConsumer.com, a member of the B4Ukraine Coalition. bit.ly/47XgNxa Most importantly...

The #EU must take bold and decisive steps in its 19th #sanctions package to stop Russian aggression now. A complete embargo on Russian fossil fuels, lower oil price caps, and halting #LNG projects are long overdue. Read the new op-ed for @kyivindependent.com by our Founder Svitlana Romanko 👇

In covering our new report on companies’ operations in Russia in 2024, @thetimes.com highlighted Sir Rocco Forte, the hotelier who kept his luxury hotels in St. Petersburg running after the 2022 invasion. This case is a shameful example of greed triumphing over morality. bit.ly/4geEyD9

Russia’s withdrawal from Europe's anti-torture convention proves once again that it is a land of lawlessness, where human life means nothing. Western businesses have no place in a brutal dictatorship where torture is state policy. They must refuse to participate in Russia’s crimes—and get out now.

They knew. I am calling on all of my Ukrainian friends and international volunteers to take pictures of the war as you are experiencing it with an PepsiCo product and post it on social media. #PepsiKills

1285 days of war. 1285 chances to stop funding mass murder. 1285 failures from PepsiCo and Ramon Laguarta #PepsiKills

Int'l firms could effectively be bankrolling 1M Russian soldiers through taxes paid in the country, according to our new report. G7/EU must urgently tackle the role their businesses play in Russia and how it impacts Ukraine and the war’s outcome. Read @newsweek.com's coverage: bit.ly/3HXlIni

In Kyiv, 15 ppl killed, 38 injured, 10 missing in Russian attack overnight. Among the dead are 4 kids. Russia also hit the building housing the EU's mission to Ukraine, as well as the British Council. The EU must hit back with crippling sanctions NOW: bit.ly/4lP7dzU @razomwestand.bsky.social

Russia's war against the #EuropeanUnion now enters a new phase with a direct attack. The response must be bone-crushing — the EU still has a lot to do on the #sanctions front to cut Kremlin's #fossilfuels lifeline. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

According to a report, the tax paid by foreign firms in Russia could pay for 1 million Russian soldiers.

🚨 NEW REPORT: 17 of the 20 top profit taxpayers in Russia are companies from G7 and EU countries, undermining their own govs’ efforts to curb the Kremlin’s revenues and support Ukraine. Int'l firms paid $60B in taxes to Russia since 2022 — half of Russia's military budget for 2025. bit.ly/4fVdY1H

In occupied Ukraine, testimonies are mounting denouncing russification through finance. The LexCollective, supported by B4Ukraine, is indicting senior Russian banking & finance officials before the International Criminal Court for complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes. bit.ly/47fCIPX

In March, @banktrack.bsky.social and B4Ukraine reported that Raiffeisen Bank International AG's Russian asset manager had been purchasing and marketing sanctioned bonds issued by Putin's Ministry of Finance. Now, Austria's Finance Minister, Dr. Markus Marterbauer, has confirmed that...

In March, BankTrack & B4Ukraine reported Raiffeisen Bank International's Russian asset manager had traded Kremlin-issued bonds. Evidence suggests RBI failed to stop the transactions - a possible EU sanctions violation. So why do Austrian authorities refuse to act? Read here: tinyurl.com/5n6bb6zv

🔥 PepsiCo Under Renewed Fire in Ukraine Over Continued Russia Business PepsiCo faces renewed backlash in Ukraine as rapper Блекфіш (Blackfish) drops a song calling out the US company’s continued operations in Russia and urging listeners: ‘Don’t buy Pepsi while they’re funding the war.’ ⤵️

Ukraine struck a Russian oil station, halting crude flows to Hungary and Slovakia. Research from @csdbuildbridges.bsky.social and creacleanair.bsky.social clearly shows that both countries could replace Russian oil imports immediately via Croatia and the Adria pipeline. So why don’t they? ⤵️

on.ft.com/4oH7pDM Why Russia’s wartime economy is starting to crack, with Elina Ribakova

“This is a serious enough slowdown that we’ve already been noticing it for the last 6 mths. Even military-industrial complex is beginning to slow down, partially because of the rates but also lack of labor, lack of ability to invest.” @eribakova.bsky.social via @financialtimes.com: on.ft.com/4muEgKU

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy called Russia's attack that killed a toddler in Kharkiv “demonstrative," aimed at pressuring Kyiv during peace talks in Washington Earlier, Russia suggested it could trade occupied parts of Kharkiv for Donbas euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/18/r...

Putin is meeting Trump in Alaska to head off further sanctions. His economy is sputtering: growth stalled, oil revenues plunged, the worst budget deficit in over 30 years, inflation and interest rates painfully high, and banks warning of a debt crisis. Only tougher sanctions can help achieve peace ⤵️

👏 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 Sony's Russian subsidiary was liquidated on August 11, signaling the Japanese conglomerate's full exit from the country. In March 2022, the corporation halted console shipments to Russia, suspended PlayStation Store operations, and donated $2M to assist Ukrainians.

Razom We Stand responds to #EU talks with Merz, Zelensky & Trump — and reports of Trump’s planned call with Putin in #Alaska, possibly offering land or business deals. The US must lead on #sanctions, not reward Putin. The EU must cut Russian fossil fuels, still funding its war.

💰 In July, the EU’s top 5 importers paid Russia €1.1 billion for fossil fuels, according to @creacleanair.bsky.social. 🔥 67% of that was unsanctioned natural gas—still flowing freely by pipeline and LNG tankers. The rest was mostly crude oil to Hungary & Slovakia via an EU exemption. bit.ly/4mhBB72

🇷🇺 NEW | Monthly analysis of #Russian #FossilFuel exports & sanctions 🚢 In July 2025, G7+ tankers transported half of Russia’s oil exports, but ‘shadow’ tankers continued to dominate transport of RU crude ❗ 📈 Revenues from pipeline gas rose by 41% & export volumes rose by 33%

"UniCredit's Russian unit has made substantial investments in Russian sovereign debt that expose it to the risk of international sanctions" www.reuters.com/business/fin...

The US is still buying $3.5B worth of oil products made from Russian crude. Russian oil flows to India/Turkey, gets refined into jet fuel, then heads to America. The EU is banning this loophole. The US? Not yet. Isaac Levi from @creacleanair.bsky.social says the US could hit Putin harder by...

In 2023, we helped stop a Spinner CNC machine from reaching Russia. Spinner denied wrongdoing, but last week German authorities raided them and charged three people. They’re accused of sending 20 machine tools worth €5.5 million to Russia. Those fueling the war will be held accountable.

Together with partner organisations, we have sent a letter to the @ec.europa.eu welcoming the ban on oil products made from Russian crude in the EU’s 18th sanctions package, and urging the Commission to address several remaining loopholes that risk undermining its impact. bit.ly/4lgQXHs

The French lingerie and homewear brand ETAM is shutting down its Russian operations. “Our website in Russia is no longer operational,” reads a message on the homepage of Etam’s Russian online store. According to Russian media reports, the brand’s remaining stores will close by the fall. #ExitRussia

Russian #nielseniq has begun including the 'new territories of the Russian Federation' in its market research, according to Wiadomości Handlowe. This is a blatant act of appeasement toward Russian aggression. The EU & the US must investigate whether their sanctions have been broken. bit.ly/40Tcvmm

The Russian gov has nationalized Glavproduct, a US-owned canned food producer. In April, Reuters reported that Glavprodukt would be used to supply food to the Russian army. Washington has said the treatment of Glavprodukt, the only US firm Moscow has seized, will influence US-Russia relations.

🚫 In Sweden, there are growing calls to boycott PepsiCo brands — including #pepsi, #lays, #doritos, #tropicana, and #sodastream — as the US company remains the top producer of food and beverages in Russia, continuing to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to the Kremlin. bit.ly/4l76MQY

🛠️ Leroy Merlin : encore en Russie, 3 ans après le début de la guerre. Malgré l’invasion à grande échelle de l’Ukraine, l’enseigne française reste le plus gros acteur étranger de biens de consommation en Russie. Pourquoi ?

@irpimedia.eu reveals that 8 vineyards linked to Russian oligarchs, including allies of ex-president Dmitry Medvedev, have received over €1M in EU funds over ten years, despite sanctions. bit.ly/3Hen24N

🇬🇧 🇷🇺 NEW | Fact sheet: 5 ports received 57% of Russian crude transported by UK-sanctioned vessels ❗56 UK-sanctioned tankers delivered 20 mn tonnes of RU crude—approx. GBP 7.3 bn—after being sanctioned till end of May 2025 🛑 UK should align list of sanctioned vessels w/others - such as EU & US

Despite claiming to exit Russia in 2023, Leroy Merlin remains the country’s largest foreign retailer, paying at least $375M in taxes to the Kremlin since 2022, per KSE Institute. Russian propaganda now claims the company’s products are used by the military. Read more: bit.ly/4586nb5 #ExitRussia

🇦🇺 🇷🇺 NEW | Fact sheet: Australia’s imports of oil products refined from Russian crude twice their aid to Ukraine 🇪🇺 The EU has finally addressed refining loophole in 18th sanctions package ❗Australia is biggest single buyer of oil products refined from Russian crude

Sanctioned EU-made engineering equipment reaches Russia via Poland, Turkey, and a company tied to a Putin party politician.

915 Russian #tankers have transported billions in fossil fuels, fueling the #war. By the end of July, only 554 were sanctioned. Weak enforcement lets them slip through. The EU & allies must act fast to close loopholes and stop Russia’s #shadowfleet.

As we enjoy the #WomensEuro, sponsored by PepsiCo, remember: buying a #Pepsi w/ Lucy Bronze or Leah Williamson supports a firm whose taxes help fund Russia’s army, which has been committing sexual assault as a “deliberate tactic to dehumanize the victims”—part of their military strategy, as per UN.