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by InCityDreams 1492 days ago
And I'll add "What changed here of course is that after Putin...." started getting his arse kicked, several western companies now dont wish to be seen as Russian-friendly (they still are, of course - they just don't wish to be seen as such).

Had the Ruskies taken the ukraine in a few days, as predicted, you can bet there'd be golden arches all-the-fuck over Mariupol right now.

*oh, and finland and sweden could get fucked, too. They didn't give a hoot until for quite several years.

If any western company actually gave a crap, they would have been out on day 1, or 7 or even 30...not 3 months later.

And, as for Renault being called out by Zelensky.....