As hundreds of major U.S. companies exit Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Koch Industries is staying put.The industrial conglomerate mdash; the second-largest privately owned business in America, with $115 billion in annual revenue mdash; is among those defying public pressure and continuing to operate manufacturing plants and sell products across Russia, while up until Wednesday remaining mum on that nation s relentless assault on Ukrainian cities.Wichita, Kansas-based Koch has several business lines in Russia, and is among the nearly 40 companies described as digging in by refusing to curb or stop business in that nation, according to a tally compiled by Yale University professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and his research team. Koch subsidiary Guardian Industries has two industrial glass manufacturing plants in Russia that employ about 600. Outside of Guardian, Koch employs 15 people in Russia, according to the company. While Guardian s business in Russia is a very small part of Koch, we will not walk away from our employees there or hand over these manufacturing facilities to the Russian government so it can operate and <a href=https://www.stanleycups.at>stanley flasche</a> benefit from them, Dave Robertson, president and COO of Koch Industries, said <a href=https://www.stanley-cups.uk>stanley cup</a> Wednesday in a statement posted by the company. Calling Russia s att <a href=https://www.stanley-tumbler.us>stanley tumbler</a> ack on Ukraine an affront to humanity that violates our company s values and principles, Robertson also said the company has provided financial assistance to wor Rroy Dominion Voting v. Fox News lawsuit: Who s who in the high-stakes defamation trial
RALEIGH, N.C. - Lawyers for John Edwards asked a federal judge on Tuesday to throw out criminal charges against the former Democratic presidential candidate.Edwards defense tea <a href=https://www.cups-stanley.ca>stanley cup</a> m filed five motions saying that federal prosecutors violated his rights under several constitutional amendments.The lawyers argue that the federal indictment against him was unconstitutionally vague and that the charges were pursued by a partisan prosecutor for political gain. They also contend that even if all the facts alleged in the federal indictment were true, he still didn t commit a crime. Edwards was charged in June with using more than $1 million in under-the-table pay <a href=https://www.stanleycups.com.mx>stanley en mexico</a> ments from political supporters to hide his pregnant mistress Rie <a href=https://www.stanley-cups.it>stanley cup</a> lle Hunter during his 2008 run. He s also charged with helping to falsify campaign finance reports to cover up the payments.D.C. law firm leaves John Edwards defense teamJohn Edwards owes $2.3M to the feds, FEC saysSource: Edwards emails talk of paymentsEdwards has pleaded not guilty to six felony and misdemeanor counts. The trial is scheduled to start in October. In their filing, defense lawyers for Edwards say he tried to hide his mistress not to preserve his political candidacy, but to keep his affair secret from his family. Mr. Edwards had a number of non-campaign-related, purely personal reasons to conceal his relationship with Ms. Hunter, the former candidate s layers say. Like most men in his situation, he nat