The future of Western companies in Russia | Bill Browder

Fire sale of the century - this time its foreign comapnies that are targeted. Our gest today is Bill Browder Head of The Magnitsky Justice Foundation
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[@natalieturko4808]

Bill Browder is an excellent, articulate speaker, presenting the facts in a clear and concise manner. He tells it like it is.

[@stephenmcdonald664]

As usual, it's great coverage by TVP. Russia is in an economic decline. It's well deserved. Cheers from Canada

[@Suiiigang123]

How do you feel about Russia winning now

[@bjkjoseph]

This guy Bill Browder has a lot of good information I like watching his interviews

[@nicholaslucas5183]

Bills upset because no one in Russia would buy his business.

[@shinken_72]

Hopefully ALL companies that are still doing business in ruZZia like unilever are nationalised and they loose all they have. They had OVER 500 days to choose moral over money.

[@Batman-vr6jp]

Same will happen to Russian company all around world

[@Batman-vr6jp]

Also west has Russias scantioned money

[@WorldCitizen0000]

Agree, I hope those companies specially Unilever and Nestle are nationalised as they have been supporting a criminal regime. And Ukraine has rightly nationalised the Russian-owned Sense Bank. And all the money and assets belonging to Russia/Russians should be used to rebuild the Ukraine. The Russians started this war so they should paid reparations like Germany did.

[@sammenter1]

Yes, I wrote to Unilever urging them to stop supporting genocide of the Ukrainian people. Of course there was no response!

[@seantiz]

Are you listening Unilever? Nestle? Others?

[@mariadekelver2240]

The best thing I did was read Bill BROWDER. It helped educate me further about Russia just before they created this horrible war against Ukraine

[@RenegadeSound]

He's been a thorn in Putin's side for a long time now and i think Bill Browder deserves a medal .

[@ellebee6712]

He deserves an award. Nobel Peace Prize?

[@chipsatterly4902]

Bill Browder is the BEST. Should be national security advisor for the Prez against Russia.

[@KiwiKaosAgent]

yeah let's not forget that his first position on Putin was one of support. He only jumped on the negative team pretty late in Putins career!

[@chipsatterly4902]

Putin had a lot of chances to change his ways. Never did. Actually, got worse. A LOT worse. Browder's a good man. We're ALL sinners, right?? @@KiwiKaosAgent

[@TheFriarduc]

Thank you for the clarification about what Russia is doing to the companies that are still in Russia.

[@mackan-kf4tg]

I could listen to Browder all day👍🏻 My mate Jeff worked with him at Salomon’s in London, when their office was just around the corner from Victoria Station. He’s a busy guy, but I hope that one day in the future he’ll turn his hand to UK domestic politics…..he’d make a great leader👍🏻👍🏻

[@nobbynobbs8182]

Putin showed that investment in Russia is a lost cause

[@78jpeg]

Them companies that owe to Russia don't pay them what are they going to do sue them 🙄

[@philipb2134]

The Netherlands might be the best first mover. Heineken just sold its business in Russia for one euro, taking a write-down of over 200 million.

[@sleelofwpg688]

I share the zero sympathy for those that stayed and are having their assets siezed. However, what's good for the goose is sauce for the gander. And their own precident. *SO, all* russian investments, assets and buisnesses should face the same reality. Sieze the yaughts, bank accounts, stocks, hard assets, all of it. It can defray the costs of sending Ukraine aid and/or be liquidated to fund the rebuilding. No, freezing assets pending the end of sanctions isn't siezing. And close all shipping lanes, air, land and sea, to anything going to or from russia in every nations respective territory. Regardless of what nation's flag flies on the shipper.

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

Slava Ukraine 💙💛 Glory to their Heros 🎖

[@SandmanAlpha4]

Absolutely 💯 Thank you! Slava Ukriani

[@michaelkimber6203]

Thanks TVP. It's always good to hear Bill Browder's view. Articulate, calm, incisive and honest. 👌. Slava Ukraini 💪🇺🇦💪🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@Lizardo451]

Also any company or investor in China should get out of there immediately.

[@janesmith506]

US officials should take Bill Browder's advice on Russian matters.

[@user-jr3kb8qy8e]

NAH....DONT LISTEN TO THE LIAR JUICE

[@user-jr3kb8qy8e]

OY VEY...SPY FOR TEL AVIV

[@sammenter1]

Absolutely

[@SandmanAlpha4]

They do Politicians in America watch and read the same stuff you do

[@ellebee6712]

Bill Browder has worked so hard to expose the corrupt Putin regime and get justice for those damaged by it. He has put his own life in danger and deserves wholehearted support in fighting this evil.

[@SandmanAlpha4]

He's protected

[@-JA-]

❤ TVP

[@kaylidington]

Clear need first for an international agreement between primary players. The US may have to lead, but now is a good time to start the ball rolling. Once an agreement is reached, getting signatory states to pass the necessary legislation becomes much easier.

[@SandmanAlpha4]

Umm , first the genocide has to end. Then we clean up the mess.

[@jodyfulford8215]

Did any of the Axis nations or their allies have assets in US banks during WWII? If so, how were they handled?

[@RC-tn3xo]

Look it up

[@pawel5280]

Excellent news, just and proper reward for doing business with Putin. Karma.

[@carlabrownhill7752]

Shame on those companies, I've notice from news reels, Burger king in the background, shame on them, tough shit if they are going to lose out now. greed, greed, greed and no morals.

[@raydunn2582]

Actually, Burger King has been trying to get out. The franchising arrangements they made make it virtually impossible for them to stop the name being used or to sell out.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

Both Burger King & KFC (I think was the other one) pulled out immediately. It was the russian lessee holder that refuse to take down the signage. Don't be deceived by what you think you know. It is companies like Proctor & Gamble that you need to divert your rage to.

[@carolhunter3671]

Don’t forget about Unilever.@@hardtackbeans9790

[@raydunn2582]

Knew it was something like that. Anyways, I'm more down on Unilever.@@hardtackbeans9790

[@randomthoughts9463]

Trudeau in Canada doesn't have the backbone to do this, unfortunately

[@AlexdaCunha]

I really like to hear Bill.

[@robbutler2601]

Likewise - brave and dedicated man.

[@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059]

I like his necktie.

[@EducatedGuessGutFeeling]

All is fair in love and war. If Russia doesnt play by the rules why should the rest of the world?

[@corvus4135]

By what and whose rules? Of the cursed and greedy West that knows only force and blackmail?

[@peterdejong6473]

All these companies are still sending products through a third country to Russia. All products still available in shops in Moscow. How can you stop them.

[@Multheman02]

Let the Chinese and iranian companies open up businesses in Russia! 😂

[@corvus4135]

If you were at all smart, you would know how much the Chinese economy is getting stronger. You can only write nonsense and mock like an immature kid.

[@user-wh8ek7fu4n]

There is a Guardian Angel for everyone you Know!!! The Fire is OUT!!!!

[@pauloicto8252]

The flip view to this is that by encouraging trade within Russia, the west was making new connections and generating more global understanding - from McDonalds to Mercedes there should have been a sense of more 'oneness' across the cultural borders. Unfortunately, Putin's 'leadership' has brought all of this goodwill to nought.

[@jockauld3966]

Laughable, what RF citizens are going to be buying Mercedes? What Western citizens will be buying them come to that? They are out of reach of most normal people, only for elite's? McDonald's I don't see as a great cultural export unless fat kids are what you want. I am sure Mcdonaldski will do fine.

[@ehenri1438]

that's what dictators do

[@ChuckAmadi]

Do it simultaneously.. Sorted.

[@pamelahomeyer748]

Everyone knew that Russia and China would pull this sort of thing so there should be no surprise

[@migsvensurfing6310]

Make the production equipment inoperable. Delete all data and software and get out of there.

[@johncampbell2273]

Time has come to make progress on confiscation of Russian assets cubbyholed is Western countries. Another step is uncovering and involving real estate assets of russian nationals and Russian-controlled companies.

[@nicholaslucas5183]

I thought Western companies were pulling out of Russia because of sanctions by Western companies.

[@goodbarbenie5477]

Politicians really don't have the balls. "There are just two levers in the World which moves man...1st Is his Fear and 2nd are his Self-Interests". Napoleon Bonaparte.

[@invictawarrior]

For the countries that stayed I hate to say it but it serves them right.

[@AlexAlex-rz5mz]

👍

[@belong53]

They should all pull out of Russia

[@fern8580]

📌Since 1800, the French have a qualifier concerning Russian Orthodoxs Slavics Moscovit / Petersburg, the term in French is "roublard", it means ugly, liar, falcifier : "c'est des roublards "", la roublardise" it's comme from the Ruble ...

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Racist much?

[@gokhanylmaz8514]

after the defeat of Napoleon there appeared a word in the russian lexicon that is still widely used nowadays -"sharomyzhnik",meaning a bum,a beggar. It is derived from the french "cher ami" ,as the scattered french army deserters were knocking on the doors in russian villages begging for food and starting their pleas with the words "cher ami"

[@JohnEltinAhern]

MAGITSKY??? Get it right, Sunshine! (To the interviewer.)

[@roybean7166]

Magnitsky ?

[@renekuipers4563]

Confescation .look what happens to Cuba .The free market wil never forget this..

[@jameswilliams9655]

Was so dissapointed to see Burger King doing buisness in Russia when the sanctions were announced. I hope they are happy. I will bever patronize their outlets again.

[@khiem1939]

A LIST should be made available of those companies doing business with Russia so we can divest ourselves of their stock and NOT buy anything!

[@runrau9275]

I cannot remember the name of the University but there is one in the US that is monitoring all Western companies still doing business in Russia.

[@jeanneknight4791]

THERE IS A LIST. Yale University professors have an international project with LOTS of peoole working on it. Yale University School of Management CELI. Updated on Sept 1 2023

[@SandmanAlpha4]

Agreed 👍

[@SandmanAlpha4]

​@@runrau9275Yale , if I remember correctly. Not 100% though

[@goodbarbenie5477]

Money has no Soul..!

[@BobCristofaro]

Putin said “ no need to use nukes as long as we are winning “. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@Pablo-pi9rl]

"... moral and ethical obligation" Really?

[@Donaldperson7]

Now their stock is going to drop down!

[@user-jr3kb8qy8e]

OY VEY....BROWDER WITH SHEKELS

[@mathewlane6271]

Well said Mr Browder👍 I listen to every interview and podcast with Bill Browder, he speaks from experience and is a great man👍 thankyou for being Putins enemy and loyal to your unfortunate Russian lawyer, god bless Bill Browder💙💛

[@andrewdancer8520]

Boycott all Unilever products in the West too.

[@jockauld3966]

Not different to what we have done?

[@davidsillix3606]

There shouldn't beany future for Western companies in Russia

[@rainieresguerra6519]

What future? 😩

[@vulture7918]

♥Total silence on the seizure of non-government assets in this clip.Agree no sympathy for Western companies still trying to profit but what about Russian investments in the west other than in the names of oligarchs and other sanctioned persons?♥♥♥

[@playedout148]

Procter and Gamble are still there.

[@MrSmegfish]

They've changed their name to Gamble and Prosper

[@vegas1a]

The Marx & Engels of America doing business in sh*t hole rooskie..... How appropriate!!

[@war-painter]

UNILEVER - they make Ben & Jerry’s and a million other products…..

[@SandmanAlpha4]

What future? Take every Russian assest that Russia has outside of Russia. Period !!

[@danhove]

They shouldn't have been there! Exactly. Aiding and abetting our Enemies?

[@jjohur]

This will sprout a new army of Oligarchs … Russian history just repeats itself.

[@mastercommander4535]

Why is the west not allowing Russia to honour their old bonds on maturity. Seems shooting ourselves in the foot . Russia very happy not to have to honour those payments. Dumb decision. I am referring here to older prewar bonds here not new issues .

[@jeanneknight4791]

How is it that Browder is avoiding the fact that confiscatin is one thing and each country adopting laws for the ability to take ownership to sell? This will take years. The USA has the REPO Act pending not passed because Kevin MCCarhy hasn't assigned it to committee yet.

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

Perhaps that process may now be fast-tracked due to Russia's latest move?

[@runrau9275]

Canada took possesion od an An224 I believe it was and has or is in the process of selling it off.

[@jeanneknight4791]

@@johnzuijdveld9585 In the USA, congress needs to get back to full speed after session recess. In other countries, they need to pass through parliaments. This is the complication that is rarely mentioned in news. Every one has a Maginsky Act but few, if any, have actually paved through the due process complexities (this is thenhold to)so assets can be convered immediately to cash.And, no media really talk about what steps need to be taken to get from A to B. The very laws that protect out rights withn property apply to every erson, even the sanctioned person.

[@ellebee6712]

@@jeanneknight4791please proof-read

[@keithsaunders4951]

bring back mr lea

[@JkEnterpriseinc-fp3gm]

India, China and Iran can go and sets up business in Russia 😅

[@Hayman1969]

Russian Federation is high risk investment for any assets in that country. Both domestic and foreign assets will be seized by Kremlin Mafia anytime they can. Getting money out of The Russian Federations territory does not happen over long periods for anyone including Mafia elites. Putting all wealth into a bag and leaping from a high window near a border seems to be the best hope of getting their money out RF territory for many Oligarchs.

[@3zea-un7do]

It's unethical to do trade and business with a belligerent country like Russia, forget this rotten system in Russia

[@nicholaslucas5183]

I don't think you have visited Russia otherwise you would not say this.

[@francesbernard2445]

To some degree I disagree with some of the statements made in this news report. More than one large international company operating in Russia was being thrown into a set of ethical dilemmas during sanctions. Sanctions which ended up causing suffering only among the poorest of the poor working without a living wage there in Russia too. Sanctioning and overtaxing of minorities or of the large international companies employing them rarely helps anyone. I do not know the answers to helping lift people from minorities out of poverty. People from minorities living in poverty who always get conscripted into a being called in a nation legitimate military first. No matter how often and no matter how many poor human beings with less choices often get conscripted there.

[@josselynstone-crishly7196]

Ruexit😂

[@johnd.5601]

How is giving Russia a discount on property going to be a sanction? Should there be an incentive for Russia to slow down the war in Ukraine and bring it to an end? It seems like an immediate end to this war would be not be a good thing. Am I wrong about thinking that? Would it be better for both sides to negotiate and end or for Ukraine to force Russia out?

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

You're missing some information! 1)No-one is giving Russia a discount on their assets within Russia! This is Russia confiscating those assets, so effectively those assets are now worthless to their previous owners! 2) What proposal do YOU have that would serve as an incentive for Russia to 'slow down' (whatever THAT means) or to end this war? When Spewtin🤮 first came to power he said many times that he would bring glory/respect back to Russia and that he wanted to return Russia to the borders they controlled as the USSR. Can it be any plainer for you to see that Spewtin🤮 does not and will NOT agree to any slowdown/or peace deal permanently, he would only agree to that to give him time to rebuild and then he WILL continue to try to devour Ukraine, then Latvia and Estonia, Lithuania then Poland and if he could manage that he would like East Germany back also! Kapish? 3) The ONLY way that an immediate end to the war would be good is if Russia withdrew ALL its forces from Ukraine and returned its occupied Ukrainian territories back into Ukrainian control AND agreed to pay reparations for the damage it's caused AND for the War Crimes it committed, INCLUDING handing over Spewtin to face trials in Den Hague! 🤮 . . . How soon do you think THAT'S going to happen? 🤔

[@natalieturko4808]

You can't negotiate with a terrorist, and Russia has shown its true colors by refusing Zelenskyy's 10 point peace plan outright. Their aim is to control Ukraine, wipe out the Ukrainian identity, and if that isn't possible, then to destroy it.

[@georgecoons6872]

vladmir is a vampire figher. send in the dominion, send in the breen. send in t ferengi.

[@georgecoons6872]

cheech he is a vampire.

[@datospora5770]

Xi will do the same soon

[@roymichaeldeanable]

Crap Presenter but not unusual Looking forward there should be an unwritten rule that those who damage another country should pay for the repairs This happened in WW1 to Germany

[@user-mg7oc6qu4g]

Не хотите покопаться в своих карманах и найти деньги на восстановление, Сирии, Ливии, Ирана и еще кучи стран, куда Америка принесла войну и смерть? Или у вас есть какие то преференции и льготы, какие то лицензии на отстрел людей определенных национальностей? Или у вас есть исключительное право убивать и разрушать прикрывая свои преступления красивыми словами о демократии и свободе? Лживые, бессовестные людишки с манией величия и двойной моралью. Обычные убийцы и воры. Не надо прикрывать свое воровство сладкими речами о помощи Украине и красивым словом Конфискация, это просто обычный грабёж, вы-бандиты с большой дороги))