A passer-by in MoscowMOSCOW, Mar 7Audit firm KPMG has said it is suspending its offices in Russia and Belarus due to the situation around Ukraine. and Belarusian firms will leave the KPMG network,» the company said on Twitter. It also notes that more than 4.5 thousand people work in KPMG structures in Belarus and Russia. The company says the decision to end a relationship with them is a difficult one. However, steps will be taken to «provide transition support for our former colleagues who will be affected by this decision.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. In response, Western countries introduced new anti-Russian sanctions. In particular, several of the largest banks in the Russian Federation, including Sberbank and VTB, fell under them. The European Union, the USA, Canada and a number of other countries have closed the skies for Russian aircraft. A number of state-owned companies found it difficult to attract foreign capital. Sanctions have been imposed on the supply of high-tech products to Russia.
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