By Veronika Bondarenko While Apple and Ikea left, Uniqlo, Starbucks and PepsiCo are remaining. While companies as diverse as Apple (AAPL) – Get Apple Inc. Report, Volkswagen (VWAGY) – Get Volkswagen AG Report and Exxon (XOM) – Get Exxon Mobil Corporation Report have responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by pulling their business out of the country, a number of others are making an active choice to stay put. After almost eight years of stalled conflict over separatist-controlled eastern regions and the annexed island Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale attack on i…