EU COMPANIES HAVING TEMPORARILY CURTAILED MOST OR NEARLY ALL OPERATIONS IN RUSSIA

Austria

  1. Austrian Airlines
  2. Magna Steyr

Belgium

  1. European University Association
  2. KBC Group
  3. La Lorraine
  4. Solvay

Bulgaria

  1. Bulgarian Air
  2. Bulgarian Postbank

Croatia

  1. Podravka
  2. Sardina

Cyprus

  1. Cyprus Airways

Czech Republic

EU COMPANIES HOLDING OFF NEW INVESTMENTS/DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIA

The companies here below are postponing future planned investment/development/marketing in Russia while continuing substantive business.

THE MEANING OF NATIONAL HUMILIATION

Germany’s catastrophic reaction to humiliation engendered by the outcome of World War I was not an anomaly but was representative of a broader pattern of international behavior in which states that have experienced certain humiliating events are more likely to engage in international aggression and intentionally defiant foreign policies. Such states will be more apt to pursue territorial conquest, to intervene in the affairs of other states, to engage in diplomatic hostility and verbal discord, and to pursue advanced weaponry and other symbols of national resurgence.

EU COMPANIES HAVING WITHDRAWN FROM RUSSIA

Companies that have totally halted Russian engagements or completely exited Russia

EU COMPANIES STILL OPERATING IN RUSSIA

Austria (12)

  1. Agrana (Consumer Staples)
  2. AVL (Industrials)
  3. Doka (Industrials)
  4. Egger (Industrials)
  5. Fischer Sports (Consumer Discretionary)
  6. Kotanyi (Consumer Staple)
  7. Kronospan (Materials)
  8. LiSEC (Industrials)
  9. Raiffeisen Bank International (Financials)
  10. Russia Fachspedition Dr. Lassmann (Industrials)
  11. Schoeller Bleckmann (Industrials)
  12. Wienerberger (Industrials)

Belgium (2)

EP BARS RUSSIA-BACKED LOBBYISTS

EU Parliament strips lobbyists representing Russia's interests of their accreditation. The European Parliament is banning entry to lobbyists representing Russian interests. Russian company representatives may not enter Parliament buildings “effective immediately,”. The ban “applies to all entities that are established in the Russian Federation and that are listed in the EU transparency register”  as well as entities subject to EU sanctions. .

The Parliament has also called on the European Commission and Council to block Russia-linked lobbyists.

 

TRACKING INFLUENCERS IN THE NEWS MAY 2022

AbbVie: AbbVie has appointed Jerome Bouyer as senior vice president of Europe. 

EUREGHA: Michele Calabrò has joined EUREGHA, the network of European Regional and Local Health Authorities, as director. 

European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE): Leander Vranken has joined the European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE) as its new policy officer, in charge of digital health-related issues.

THE EU 6TH PACKAGE OF SANCTIONS

  1. The EU Russian oil embargo will involve phasing out seaborne crude imports within six months and refined product imports by the end of the year.
  2. EU leaders have agreed to exclude pipeline crude supplies from the embargo for an unspecified period.

RUSSIAN RESOURCES

Alphabetical order

TOP 20 ASSOCIATIONS IN THE FILM INDUSTRY

  1. ACT - Association of Commercial Television and VOD Services in Europe represents the interests of leading commercial broadcasters across Europe. ACT member companies finance, produce, promote and distribute content and services across all platforms
  2. ANICA - Associazione Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche Audiovisive e Digitali /National Association of the Audiovisual and Digital Cinematographic Industries is the trade association representing the Italian film and audiovisual industries

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