Russian president Vladimir Putin Said that American technological companies like Microsoft and Zoom should be “strangled” and “strangled” in its country, arguing that Russia should create national competitors instead.
During a meeting with Russian business leaders to assess certain sectors and the interior economy, a business manager expressed his frustration for Putin that American companies who have announced their exit from the country continue to operate. Microsoft said It ended sales in the country in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine and Russian legislators have guard against zoom for years.
“We have to strangle them. I fully agree,” Putin said, according to the Anadolu agency in Türkiye. “I say that without any embarrassment because they try to strangle us. We have to do the same. “
Microsoft and Zoom did not respond to immediate requests for comments from the daily beast.
Putin also attacked McDonald’s, who also left the nation after Russia began his war in Ukraine, saying that the battle did not align with its fundamental values.
“It is impossible to ignore the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine,” said CEO of McDonald’s Chris Kempczinski wrote at the time. “And it is impossible to imagine the golden arches representing the same hope and the same promise that led us to enter the Russian market 32 years ago.”
“They put everyone in a difficult position, fled, and now, if they want to come back, should we pave the way for them?” Putin said on Monday. “Of course not.”
McDonald’s did not respond to an immediate request for comments.
McDonald’s reiterated His commitment to stay outside the country in a letter to a Ukrainian advocacy defense group last month.
Putin also deplored that Western companies that are parties due to “political pressures” have harmed Russian companies. “Some companies have left their Russian partners in a difficult situation,” he said.
Putin’s remarks came after the president Donald Trump Putin attacked Putin on Truth Social on Sunday, saying that the Russian chief had become “absolutely crazy” after killing Ukrainian citizens.
“He unnecessarily kills many people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are slaughtered in cities in Ukraine, for no reason,” he said. “I always said that he wanted everything Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe it turns out to be well, but if he does it, it will lead to the fall of Russia!”
