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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI don't know about the US government, but I'm boycotting the Sochi Olympics and its sponsors.
I will not be watching. I will not be buying Olympic swag. I will be boycotting all their advertisers, sponsors and marketing partners.
Big ones include Coca-Cola, GE, McDonalds, Panasonic, Dow, Samsung. A complete list is here:
http://www.sochi2014.com/en/team/partners/
For those of you with iPhones or Android phones, and the Buycott app ( http://www.buycott.com/ ), there's a campaign there to boycott Sochi sponsors and suppliers here: http://www.buycott.com/campaign/631/sochi-2014-boycott-sponsors-suppliers
Anti-LGBT bigots can kiss my ass.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)When those mega-corps are spending top dollar to put their names out there, even a ten percent drop in sales will teach them (and other corps watching) about sponsoring events in homophobic societies.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Igel
(35,191 posts)Law dates to July 2013.
Not sure Russia gets any of the income from the contracts.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)can always ask the network not to run the ads.