I know a large part of IKEA's corporate structure is a non-profit organization, but trust me, that is only to evade taxes.

This is a giant corporate entity vs. a giant corrupt government. IKEA is complaining against the complicated bureaucratic nightmare that Russia set up so that it would be easier to extract bribes from companies like IKEA. _Technically_ IKEA is one breaking some local construction safety rules. Somehow I don't see Russians re-writing their crappy laws and regulations to suit IKEA. They might let IKEA ignore some of them... but that is exactly where the bribes come in ;-)

So far IKEA is going about it the right way -- shaming Russia on the international level.