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Coca-cola and Russia

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RuralRita · 04/03/2022 12:14

Will you be boycotting Coke after they announced they will continue trading in Russia?

I feel tremendously sorry for the Russian people, thousands would lose their jobs if coca-cola pulled out, but I will not be buying coke now.

Reading the comments from the kids on this newsround article was the first time I cried since the start of this conflict. What terrible times.

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60590289#comments

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ClariceQuiff · 04/03/2022 12:17

No, because these terrible events aren't the fault of the ordinary Russian on the street. I wouldn't want thousands of Russians to lose their jobs when they have absolutely no influence on the decision to invade Ukraine.

TellMeMoreHellebore · 04/03/2022 12:18

Why have you linked to that?

Plutoisaplanet · 04/03/2022 12:18

@ClariceQuiff

No, because these terrible events aren't the fault of the ordinary Russian on the street. I wouldn't want thousands of Russians to lose their jobs when they have absolutely no influence on the decision to invade Ukraine.
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TellMeMoreHellebore · 04/03/2022 12:20

The people of Russia ARE the ones who can help

They are the ones who can rebel and put pressure on their government! And by cutting off trade it will also have effect

The people of Russia may be innocent yes, but they are safe in their homes, unlike the Ukrainian people

FourTeaFallOut · 04/03/2022 12:23

Yeah, let everyone keep taking the oil and gas and dry up their Coke supplies, so that we have the moral high ground Hmm

Adeleskirts · 04/03/2022 12:24

@TellMeMoreHellebore

The people of Russia ARE the ones who can help

They are the ones who can rebel and put pressure on their government! And by cutting off trade it will also have effect

The people of Russia may be innocent yes, but they are safe in their homes, unlike the Ukrainian people

I don’t think they are safe. They are losing their jobs, their savings, their everything, sure no one is bombing them. But that doesn’t mean they are safe. They are not. They are facing extreme poverty and homelessness because of this.

However I fundamentally agree, if the Russian people wish this to stop they need to ride up and stand together as one voice and stop this. Trying to protect them, and mitigating any financial impacts, sadly only helps Putin.

ABitBesotted · 04/03/2022 12:26

I love Coke and will keep buying it.

I feel all such boycotts are inane.

And where will they end?

Let's boycott New Zealand because their national dessert is named after a Russian.

FourTeaFallOut · 04/03/2022 12:30

Let's boycott New Zealand because their national dessert is named after a Russian.

It's just a meringue.

Lindy2 · 04/03/2022 12:30

Going without Coca Cola won't harm the Russian people but it will send a message.

I understand State television is sending the message that the Russian army is rescuing the citizens of Ukraine and that they are welcomed there. Surely the fact that more and more international companies are refusing to now deal with them, after decades of uninterrupted trade, must indicate that actually something is terribly wrong.

I wish the Russian citizens no harm but I do want them to start to understand what is really happening. Information is power and they have sadly, usually been denied the information.

TellMeMoreHellebore · 04/03/2022 12:32

@Lindy2 👏🏻

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RuralRita · 04/03/2022 12:33

@Lindy2

Going without Coca Cola won't harm the Russian people but it will send a message.

I understand State television is sending the message that the Russian army is rescuing the citizens of Ukraine and that they are welcomed there. Surely the fact that more and more international companies are refusing to now deal with them, after decades of uninterrupted trade, must indicate that actually something is terribly wrong.

I wish the Russian citizens no harm but I do want them to start to understand what is really happening. Information is power and they have sadly, usually been denied the information.

Thank you! Far more articulately put than my OP!
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tigger1001 · 04/03/2022 12:35

@Lindy2

Going without Coca Cola won't harm the Russian people but it will send a message.

I understand State television is sending the message that the Russian army is rescuing the citizens of Ukraine and that they are welcomed there. Surely the fact that more and more international companies are refusing to now deal with them, after decades of uninterrupted trade, must indicate that actually something is terribly wrong.

I wish the Russian citizens no harm but I do want them to start to understand what is really happening. Information is power and they have sadly, usually been denied the information.

Agree with this
hamstersarse · 04/03/2022 12:38

It's a gamble to rely on the Russian people rising up against Putin, and not against the West who have put these sanctions in place and ruined their every day

ABitBesotted · 04/03/2022 12:40

@FourTeaFallOut

Let's boycott New Zealand because their national dessert is named after a Russian.

It's just a meringue.

Grin
Laptopsandmouses · 04/03/2022 12:40

@hamstersarse

It's a gamble to rely on the Russian people rising up against Putin, and not against the West who have put these sanctions in place and ruined their every day
I think the Russians are smarter than that and a large percentage do not agree with this war. I don’t think you can assume this war is in their name or supported by the majority.
Justcallmebebes · 04/03/2022 12:41

It's not about harming the people of Russia though is it? It's about making life so difficult in Russia that dissent comes from within. Economically, the Russians will suffer but not being able to buy a can of coke is in no way comparable to those that are being bombed out of their homes and are losing their loved ones. Surely, forgoing coca cola for a while is a very small sacrifice to make

Chloemol · 04/03/2022 12:41

No

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 04/03/2022 12:44

Yes I will stop buying it for all the reasons pp have mentioned

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RuralRita · 04/03/2022 12:48

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-60615753

The Russian people aren't getting anything now but propaganda. These incredibly brave journalists just walked out.

So yes it will be horrendous for the Russian people to sink into a huge financial crisis but better than being shelled in your own home.

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MrsWombat · 04/03/2022 12:50

@Lindy2

Going without Coca Cola won't harm the Russian people but it will send a message.

I understand State television is sending the message that the Russian army is rescuing the citizens of Ukraine and that they are welcomed there. Surely the fact that more and more international companies are refusing to now deal with them, after decades of uninterrupted trade, must indicate that actually something is terribly wrong.

I wish the Russian citizens no harm but I do want them to start to understand what is really happening. Information is power and they have sadly, usually been denied the information.

This.

And Coke can afford to continue paying the staff they claim they are worried about.

ABitBesotted · 04/03/2022 12:50

Why assume that the Russian people will be so easily manipulated, though. They withstood the Siege of Leningrad and defeated Hitler, saw off Napoleon, saw off the Mongols. I don't think a bit of MN virtue signalling will make the hugest of dents.

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RuralRita · 04/03/2022 12:53

Virtue Signalling the MN Word of the month!

It's not virtue signalling to ask what people are doing! FFS, you'll be saying "I sound like hard work next!"

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TellMeMoreHellebore · 04/03/2022 12:55

@ABitBesotted

Why assume that the Russian people will be so easily manipulated, though. They withstood the Siege of Leningrad and defeated Hitler, saw off Napoleon, saw off the Mongols. I don't think a bit of MN virtue signalling will make the hugest of dents.

Generational differences though. How is Russia coping with restricted internet, disturbed tv and no Apple Pay?

ABitBesotted · 04/03/2022 12:59

No, but I suspect there is a fair bit of overlap between those who post about boycotting coke and those with a shiny new blue and yellow FB profile pic overlay.

Probably people who never drank coke and couldn't pinpoint Ukraine on an unmarked map.

HeadToToesNo · 04/03/2022 13:03

Coca-Cola aren't the ones to decide, it's up to their shareholders. If the shareholders are happy to continue trading then Coca-Cola have a duty to their shareholders to continue to trade.