![]() ![]() intelligence indicating that Putin feels he has been misled by his military leaders, who told him that Ukrainians would greet invading Russian soldiers as "liberators" and predicted Kyiv would fall in a matter of days.īiden's suggestion that Putin has imprisoned some of his advisers lines up with reports by several prominent experts on the opaque Kremlin bureaucracy. The president's comments followed a decision this week by the White House to declassify U.S. "There's some indication that he has fired or put under house arrest some of his advisers," Biden added, though he cautioned, "I don't want to put too much stock in that at this time because we don't have hard evidence." President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin "seems to be self-isolating" from his own military advisors as Russia's invasion of Ukraine falters. Goh Chiew Tong, Monica Buchanan Pitrelli That's the position that targeted companies like Burger King, Subway and Reebok's owner Authentic Brands Group, said they are in. Others soon announced they were cutting ties with Russia, including the Canadian oilfield service company Calfrac Well Services and the sanitary product maker Geberit GroupĮven so, a quick exit may be complicated for franchises. Three targeted oil field service companies - Halliburton, Baker Hughes and Schlumberger - had also issued announcements previously. However, some companies that were mentioned refuted Anonymous' claims.įor example, tire firm Bridgestone and Dunkin' said before they were targeted by Anonymous, they had already publicly announced that they were pulling business from Russia. A second batch of target companies was published on March 24, which included Emirates airline, the French gardening retailer Leroy Merlin and the essential oil company Young Living. The threat also included a photo with logos of some 40 companies, including household names such as Burger King, Subway and General Mills. ![]() The tweet gave companies 48 hours to comply. This time, it's Western companies that are still doing business there.Ī post on March 21 from a Twitter account named stated: "We call on all companies that continue to operate in Russia by paying taxes to the budget of the Kremlin's criminal regime: Pull out of Russia!" ![]() ![]() Anonymous, the "hacktivist" collective, has a new target in its "cyber war" against Russia. ![]()
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