In the pillory: Which Austrian companies do not leave Russia – economic policy

The reactions came quickly. Very quickly. No sooner had Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine started on February 24 than the first corporations were already on their feet – in the opposite direction. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, economics professor at the US elite university Yale, had not expected this: “Many oil multinationals and tech giants left the country immediately. Even lawyers and economic consultants left. They usually jump off a cliff rather than get involved in a geopolitical conflict get involved,” says Sonnenfeld to the STANDARD.