#MILLIONS

Some of the largest Western banks operating in Russia paid hundreds of millions in taxes to the Kremlin last year “despite promises to minimize their Russian exposure after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine,” the British business newspaper Financial Times reports. Some experts say these financial institutions indirectly fund the war in Ukraine.

In the years 2020–2021, spending on COVID-19 bonuses totaled nearly PLN 9 billion (EUR 2.09 billion).

Poland’s antitrust watchdog, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), has fined Amazon over PLN 31 million (EUR 7.19 million) for a number of offenses, including misleading consumers.