By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Carlsberg, the Western brewer most exposed to the Russian market, expects its decision to sell its business there to result in a writedown of about 9.5 billion Danish crowns ($1.39 billion), it said on Thursday. The company, which has eight breweries and 8,400 employees in Russia, said late last month that it would sell its business in the country, joining an exodus of Western companies since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The writedown did not take into account any external offers for the business and was subject to a “ver…