Customers queuing outside the McDonald's restaurant on Komsomolsky Prospekt in Moscow. Archival photoMOSCOW, March 10 McDonald's, IKEA, Apple are among the companies that the Russian Federation may nationalize, the Izvestia newspaper reports, citing Oleg Pavlov, head of the Public Consumer Initiative organization.
"A list of foreign companies has been sent to the government and the Prosecutor General's Office, which can be nationalized due to the termination of their work in Russia… So far, the list contains 59 companies, but it will expand depending on new statements by foreign business. Among those who have already appeared in the document: Volkswagen, Apple, IKEA, Microsoft, IBM, Shell, McDonald's, Porsche, Toyota, H&M and others", — quotes the publication of the words of Oleg Pavlov.
The head of the Public Consumer Initiative also noted that law enforcement officers, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Rospotrebnadzor will be involved in the work on this list. According to him, the list is open, and companies that announce their withdrawal without providing guarantees to Russian consumers are included there. In addition, he clarified that administrative, criminal and judicial procedures will be applied to them. «The total amount of obligations of these companies to citizens, the state and counterparties is more than 6 trillion rubles. Exactly this amount is equal to their revenue in Russia over the past three years. Getting into the anti-sanction black list means for the violating company and its management the realization of the following risks: the seizure of accounts and assets, the introduction of external management, the nationalization of property.Also, the management of these enterprises may be held criminally liable for deliberate bankruptcy and fraud on an especially large scale,» — the newspaper quotes the opinion of Pavlov. nationalization of enterprises of companies that have announced their withdrawal from the Russian market, stated that all options for responding to sanctions and the development of events are being worked out at the government headquarters. «I can’t say anything, there is no formed position on this matter, but all sorts of scenarios, they are considered and worked out very urgently at the government headquarters» , — Peskov told reporters, answering the question whether the Kremlin is seriously considering the initiative to nationalize the enterprises of those foreign companies that have left the Russian market.