Editing PwC (section)

===Aiding Russian oligarchs===
PwC's [[Cyprus]] unit helped dozens of Russian oligarchs to shuffle their wealth and evade sanctions after [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Cyprus ignores Russian atrocities, Western sanctions to shield vast wealth of Putin allies |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ |website=[[ICIJ]] |language=en-US |access-date=14 November 2023 |archive-date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214002320/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=As sanctions loomed, accounting giant PwC scrambled to keep powerful Russians a step ahead - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/pwc-cyprus-russia-oligarchs-ukraine-sanctions/ |website=ICIJ |language=en-US |access-date=14 November 2023 |archive-date=5 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205000917/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/pwc-cyprus-russia-oligarchs-ukraine-sanctions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> PwC helped [[Alexei Mordashov|Alexey Mordashov]] transfer a $1.4 billion investment out of his name in order to elude EU sanctions.<ref name=":2" /> PwC also helped two oligarchs who were instrumental to the waging of Russia's war in Ukraine to hide $100 million.<ref name=":2" />

After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, on March 7, 2022, PwC stated that "under the circumstances, PwC should not have a member firm in Russia and consequently PwC Russia will leave the network."<ref>{{cite web |title=Accountancy giant PwC to exit Russia as multinational exodus grows |url=https://news.sky.com/story/accountancy-giant-pwc-to-exit-russia-as-multinational-exodus-grows-12559637 |website=Sky News |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603171328/https://news.sky.com/story/accountancy-giant-pwc-to-exit-russia-as-multinational-exodus-grows-12559637 |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 29, PwC Russia announced the withdrawal of the brand from the PwC network, and on June 30, a legal agreement was signed on the withdrawal of the firm in Russia from the network.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pwc.com/th/en/press-room/press-release/2022/statement-on-pwc-russia.html|title=Statement on PwC Russia|website=PwC|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=23 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423204408/https://www.pwc.com/th/en/press-room/press-release/2022/statement-on-pwc-russia.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A week later, on July 5, 2022, PwC Ukraine announced the final exit of the company from Russia: "PwC no longer has a firm in Russia: on 4 July 2022 all aspects of the departure of the former PwC firm in Russia have been completed".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pwc.com/ua/en/press-room/2022/pwc-no-longer-has-firm-in-russia.html|title=PwC no longer has a firm in Russia: on 4 July 2022 all aspects of the departure of the former PwC firm in Russia have been completed|website=PwC|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=23 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423204410/https://www.pwc.com/ua/en/press-room/2022/pwc-no-longer-has-firm-in-russia.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, PwC member firms outside of Russia have refrained from doing any work for sanctioned Russian entities or individuals. The company said that any sanctions against specific Russian entities or individuals imposed anywhere in the world would be applied everywhere in the world. However in 2023 it emerged that PwC helped Russian oligarchs to avoid sanctions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/pwc-cyprus-russia-oligarchs-ukraine-sanctions/|title=As sanctions loomed, accounting giant PwC scrambled to keep powerful Russians a step ahead|website=[[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists|ICIJ]]|date=14 November 2023|access-date=14 November 2023|archive-date=5 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205000917/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/pwc-cyprus-russia-oligarchs-ukraine-sanctions/|url-status=live}}</ref> PwC also stopped working in Belarus, where its staff consisted of 25 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/be3d59a3-d9b2-4303-946d-d61d32c2ff08|title=PwC and KPMG exit Russia and Belarus in wake of Ukraine invasion|newspaper=Financial Times |date=6 March 2022|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=10 December 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/be3d59a3-d9b2-4303-946d-d61d32c2ff08|url-status=live |last1=O'Dwyer |first1=Michael }}</ref>