![Why Apple, Disney, IKEA and hundreds of other Western companies are abandoning Russia with barely a shrug Why Apple, Disney, IKEA and hundreds of other Western companies are abandoning Russia with barely a shrug](https://images.theconversation.com/files/450817/original/file-20220308-17181-yumwpg.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&rect=70%2C274%2C3796%2C1898&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop)
Why Apple, Disney, IKEA and hundreds of other Western companies are abandoning Russia with barely a shrug
![on first glimpse it felt like an old abandoned office/work space filled with Ikea display units, littered with discarded pieces of… | Work space, Empty spaces, Ikea on first glimpse it felt like an old abandoned office/work space filled with Ikea display units, littered with discarded pieces of… | Work space, Empty spaces, Ikea](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dd/a8/58/dda85877414fa54123dc3a1eb65f01d0.jpg)
on first glimpse it felt like an old abandoned office/work space filled with Ikea display units, littered with discarded pieces of… | Work space, Empty spaces, Ikea
![Treckie on Twitter: "I've been abandoned at IKEA, but I feel at home so I'll be fine for a few days. https://t.co/Bg3ZhGLm5i" / Twitter Treckie on Twitter: "I've been abandoned at IKEA, but I feel at home so I'll be fine for a few days. https://t.co/Bg3ZhGLm5i" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZnZiunW0AAVGAb.jpg)
Treckie on Twitter: "I've been abandoned at IKEA, but I feel at home so I'll be fine for a few days. https://t.co/Bg3ZhGLm5i" / Twitter
A TikToker transformed an abandoned Ikea cabinet into a $1,400 brand-name dupe - and the video of how she did it has been viewed 2 million times
![Ikea says sorry to East German political prisoners forced to make its furniture | Ikea | The Guardian Ikea says sorry to East German political prisoners forced to make its furniture | Ikea | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/11/16/1353091693947/Ikea-warehouse-front-010.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctYWdlLTIwMTIucG5n&enable=upscale&s=f2e39fd962672f239dfe435854400e02)