katerina strikhakha, dmitry garkusha, telenews agency. the conflict in ukraine has led to massive layoffs in european companies, raters reports. in in the old world, economic activity of business is declining. new employees are not needed, the old ones become redundant. industrial enterprises are especially affected. for example, mass layoffs are practiced by the volkswagen concern. due to the fall in demand for cars, production volumes have to be reduced there. the role of ukraine in this process is obvious. business climate, growing ineffective budget spending in eu countries and high inflation. and how does the sanctions boomerang work? the losses of western companies from leaving russia amounted to $107 billion, writes raiters, and only direct losses are taken into account, while indirect losses can exceed them several times. we are talking about the largest brands, many of which made the lion's share of their profits from trade with russia. these include both the luxury segment and massmarket. washington had quite detailed informatio