International firms could effectively be bankrolling 1 million Russian soldiers through taxes paid in the country, a report suggests.

According to figures from campaign group B4Ukraine and the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) Institute shared exclusively with Newsweek , foreign companies in Russia paid the country at least $20 billion in taxes in 2024. This figure, they said, was enough to pay for the salaries of one million Russian soldiers.

Why It Matters

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, there has been international pressure for companies around the world to cease business operations in the country to show their moral opposition to the conflict and to put economic pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin 's regime.

However, many remained

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