Abstract

This article examines the factors that have contributed to the recent divestment of three ‘flagship’ Nordic investors from the Russian agricultural sector. These factors include corruption, pressure from regional administrations and the economic downswing arising from geopolitical tensions related to the Russian annexation of Crimea. The companies all sought to project calm as geopolitical tensions rose. This calm, however, belied a concern for the impact of the crisis on corporate operations. While the companies were affected by the geopolitical crisis, they had all been experiencing prior difficulties, and it is argued here that the Crimean crisis was only one factor, among others, leading to the divestments.

摘要

本文探讨了导致最近三个“旗舰”北欧投资者从俄罗斯农业部门撤资的因素。这些因素包括腐败、来自地区政府的压力以及与俄罗斯吞并克里米亚有关的地缘政治紧张局势导致的经济下滑。随着地缘政治紧张局势的加剧，这些公司都试图表现出冷静。然而，这种平静掩盖了对危机对企业运营影响的担忧。虽然这些公司受到地缘政治危机的影响，但它们都曾经历过先前的困难，这里认为克里米亚危机只是导致撤资的因素之一。