The highest 22 Russian and Belarusian companies in Lithuania used to make billions of euros, pay little tax, and make use of comparatively few individuals earlier than the Ukraine conflict and EU sanctions regime, Lithuanian newspaper lrt.lt stories. The companies — principally gross sales brokers for Belarusian and Russian items — earned €1.2bn in revenues final 12 months, paid €70m in tax, and employed 2,000 individuals. BMZ Baltija employed 12 individuals and earned €230m.