内容摘要：The issue of salaries paid to coerced and enslaved workers complicates efforts to repatriate trafficking victims, who may be considered complicit criminals due to their status as “paid” workers in the scam centres, said Eric Heintz, from the US-based anti-trafficking organisation International Justice Mission (IJM).

The issue of salaries paid to coerced and enslaved workers complicates efforts to repatriate trafficking victims, who may be considered complicit criminals due to their status as “paid” workers in the scam centres, said Eric Heintz, from the US-based anti-trafficking organisation International Justice Mission (IJM).

“Without marketing and advertisement budgets, the demand for brands will reduce naturally,” he said.“Russian businesses are trying hard to get the market share left by Western companies, and in many segments, [the] Chinese are the real beneficiaries.”

Margarita, a manager of a bar in Moscow, said the exit of alcohol brands such as Pernod Ricard and Brown-Forman from Russia had hurt her business.“Suppliers of alcohol in a bar are usually chosen not only based on the assortment available but also the availability of advertising budgets," Margarita, who asked to be identified by her first name only, told Al Jazeera.“Budgets come in two types: marketing and listing. Marketing budgets pay bars for branding their interior. Listing is when you mention the alcohol brand name in the bar’s menu – for instance, when a cocktail bears the name of a certain alcohol brand”.

Departing brands ultimately also means a reduction in the advertising budgets on which many establishments depend.“‘Well, what can I say, we now serve different alcohol, that is cheaper, brands are less known,” Margarita said.

“It’s sad, but we continue working.”

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This episode was produced by Amy Walters and Ashish Malhotra, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Remas Alhawari, Mariana Navarette, Kisaa Zehra, Kingwell Ma and our guest host, Natasha Del Toro. It was edited by Noor Wazwaz.Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.