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allwordsaremadeup t1_j1cq7hm wrote

What were they thinking doing business in Russia? It's been randomly invading countries since 2008 and is under international sanctions. These firms are cowboys. Either the risk should have been part of the price/insured and they should come out of it ok, or they don't deserve to be bailed out.

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TommenBrady t1_j1dy2uc wrote

Earlier if you count Chechnya

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allwordsaremadeup t1_j1e35qo wrote

There had been a regime change since then, liberalisation was ongoing, Putin was publicly acknowledging territorial integrity of the former Soviet states. In 2008, one may have been forgiven to think that investing in Russia could be safe...

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