Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

The joy of French motorways

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issue 02 September 2023

The news that Heineken, the Dutch brewer, has sold its business in Russia to a local buyer for a token $1 – at a loss of €300 million, but with job guarantees for 1,800 Russian workers – raises moral issues about when and how multinationals should withdraw from pariah states.

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