MSFT/IBM Boomerang’d As Russia Retaliates, Prepares To Cease Imports Of US IT
by Tyler Durden on
ZeroHedge.com
07/21/2014
With the German economy already suffering (and AMD cutting its outlook), it appears Putin’s promise to ensure Obama’s action will see retaliation are starting to weigh as much on the rest of the world as Western media suggest US sanctions are weighing on Russia. This time, after blocking foreign cars and Intel/AMD chips, Bloomberg reports the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, is drafting a bill to require government agencies and state-run enterprises to give preference to local providers of software and hardware. For some context, IBM, Microsoft, HP, Cisco, Oracle, and Germany’s SAP SE had combined revenue of 285 billion rubles ($8.1 billion) from Russia (with 77% coming from government and SOEs). “This all has to do with sanctions,” warned one Russian politician.
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