Koch Industries’ announcement came the same day Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy implored all American companies to break away from Russia during his address to the U.S. Congress.
that it will continue operating in Russia, even as hundreds of corporations worldwide pull operations from the country in response tothe president and COO of Koch Industries, said in a statement the conglomerate’s glass-manufacturing subsidiary Guardian Industries would “not walk away” from its roughly 600 employees in Russia—stating it would only put them “at greater risk and do more harm than good”—or “hand over these manufacturing facilities to the Russian government so it can operate and...
Robertson did condemn Putin’s “horrific and abhorrent aggression against Ukraine” in his Wednesday statement, calling it “an affront to humanity,” adding that the company has provided “humanitarian aid” to Ukrainians and those affected in neighboring countries. Koch Industries, which employs more than 122,000 people worldwide, is complying with all applicable sanctions and regulations, according to Robertson’s statement.before U.S. Congress.
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