Starbucks halting all operations in Russia

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This is the Starbucks logo on a sign outside a downtown Pittsburgh Starbucks, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Photo: Associated Press

SEATTLE, Wash. – Starbucks is joining a growing list of companies that are ceasing operations in Russia.

CEO Kevin Johnson announced on a company website that it’s halting all sales in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

He calls the attacks “unprovoked, unjust and horrific.”

Starbucks has just 130 independently-operated stores in Russia and Johnson says they will provide support for the 2000 people there who rely on the stores for their livelihood.

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