**Putin: Western Firms 'Almost Cried' as Their Governments Forced Them Out of Russia**
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President **Vladimir Putin** said Western companies were reluctant to leave the Russian market, claiming they departed **under pressure from Western European governments**.
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> 'They almost cried,'

 Putin remarked.
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