While there is war in Ukraine: US companies paid huge sums to the budget of Russia.

In Russia, American companies became the biggest taxpayers in 2023, transferring $1.2 billion to the budget of the aggressor country. This is reported by Newsweek based on data from the B4Ukraine coalition and the Kyiv School of Economics.

There are still 328 American companies operating in Russia, despite the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine.

Top 10 US taxpayers in Russia

• Philip Morris International (tobacco company) - $220 million
• PepsiCo (beverage production) - $135 million
• Mars (confectionery company) - $99 million
• Procter & Gamble (health and hygiene products) - $67 million
• Mondelez (confectionery company) - $62 million
• Citigroup (investment bank) - $53 million
• Cargill (agricultural company) - $50 million
• Johnson & Johnson (pharmaceutical company) - $42 million
• Coca-Cola Hellenic (non-alcoholic beverage manufacturer) - $34 million
• Weatherford (oil service company) - $32 million

It is noteworthy that some of these companies provided significantly smaller sums of humanitarian aid to Ukraine compared to the tax contributions to the Russian budget. 'Philip Morris promised to allocate $10 million to Ukraine, while the company paid $220 million in profit tax to the Russian budget in 2023,' B4Ukraine notes.

Mars provided $22.5 million to Ukraine, but at the same time paid an amount to the budget of the aggressor country that is four times higher than this donation.

Some American companies, although they have reduced their business in Russia, continue to produce goods and conduct 'necessary' operations.

After American companies, the largest taxpayers in Russia were German firms that transferred $693 million and Austrian companies with a contribution of $579 million.

Earlier, we wrote about how Finland uncovered large-scale schemes of sanctions violations against the Russian Federation.

We also remind who among Western companies is 'helping' Putin with Oreshnik.