Business in Russia

Since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia has become the most heavily sanctioned major economy on earth. Hundreds of Western companies have wound down, sold off or written off their Russian operations.

The EU, UK and US restrict trade across energy, finance, technology and luxury goods. Firms from McDonald's to BP to Shell exited at steep losses, and later leavers have faced forced discounts and exit levies on the way out. What remains is patchy, legally fraught and reputationally toxic.

Euronomy lists no Russian brands. The point of this site is the opposite: the European alternatives worth buying instead.