Auchan hypermarketPARIS, Mar 15 French companies, including Auchan and Danone remain in Russia, the French government did not recommend leaving the country, said the head of the Union of French Entrepreneurs (Medef), Geoffroy Roux de Beziers. companies, including Auchan, Danone, Leroy Merlin, Decathlon, continue to remain in Russia.Bayer suspends advertising and investments in Russia and Belarus Ru de Beziers noted that Auchan is present in Russia and Ukraine. According to him, in total, about 160,000 people work in French companies in Russia. They must eat, get paid . Our responsibility as an employer is to pay salaries, which is now very difficult due to the introduction of SWIFT sanctions… Our responsibility as an employer is to support our employees and Russian citizens who are not responsible for this war,» he stressed.
Japan has expanded the ban on exports to Russia «We are following the recommendations of our government, and it does not ask to close (French companies in the Russian Federation — ed.), — said the head of the union. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it a goal» protection of people who have been subjected to harassment and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass «According to the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DNR and LNR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. In response, Western countries introduced new anti-Russian sanctions, including against Russian banks and enterprises.A number of companies announced their withdrawal from the Russian market and closed ytii production in the Russian Federation.
