Hundreds of companies left, but Marlboro cigarette manufacturer remains active in Russia

Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris is unlikely to leave Russia at all, CEO Jacek Olczak told the British business newspaper Financial Times. The maker of Marlboro and L&M, among others, cites the reason that the sale of its Russian activities would be at the expense of shareholders’ money. “I have a duty to get my shareholders’ money back.”

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