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Just_a_follower t1_itx865c wrote

Reply to comment by cdrewing in Mercedes-Benz becomes latest Western company to pull out of Russia by CaliWilly76

Question: is Russia that great of a market for these companies? Is it kickbacks they are getting? Access to resource or logistics? Like the oil companies being slow makes sense… but Mercedes? Dunkin? Etc?

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Ready_Nature t1_itxs3bp wrote

For luxury car brands there are plenty of wealthy oligarchs to sell to.

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denkbert t1_itzyb1x wrote

Mercedes had something around 2% of it's sales in Russia. Which is not nothing but not life-threatenning for the company.

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