Pepsi Russia Navy. Pepsi accepted the deal because they knew that it was the only way to continue to sell pepsi in the ussr. The ussr offered to pay pepsi with a fleet of diesel ships.
For a moment, pepsi became the sixth most powerful military force in the world, according to business insider. Pepsi, in the meantime, was selling some 300 million rubles a year worth of soda in the ussr, and was looking to expand its soviet operations, adding another 26 bottling. Before you start fretting about doomsday scenarios with pepsi.