https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60932975Russia has made it official that it will no longer honor western patents/trademarks/IP. Retailers are being given explicit permission by the ministry of industry and trade to import goods without corporate approval, and will cover telecom, IT, defense, healthcare, transport, energy, finance.
Counterfeits and knockoffs, as well as software piracy, drug formula copies, etc
Corporate America has long been at odds with China over IP and China has used it as a bargaining chip with their own enforcement little more than an appeasement to keep America at the table. Russia was always awash with pirates and knockoffs, but maintained its formal stance of respecting IP. Now that wall has been completely busted down.