MOSCOW, July 18 Yakub Zakriev was appointed General Director of JSC Danone Russia after the transfer of the company to the management of the Federal Property Management Agency, follows from the data of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.
Date of appointment is July 18, 2023. Currently, Zakriev holds the position of Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Agriculture of the Chechen Republic.
Last Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which the shares of Danone Russia JSC and Baltika LLC, owned by foreign companies, are transferred to the temporary administration of the Federal Property Management Agency.
Danone has been present in the Russian Federation since 1992. In mid-October last year, the company announced that it plans to transfer control over the production of dairy and plant products in the country, but will continue to operate as usual during the transition period, which will take enough time.
In early February, market sources reported that Danone had selected about 20 applicants for its Russian assets, including the largest Russian agricultural holdings, as well as Arab and Chinese investors. The conditions under which the company is ready to transfer control over part of the assets in Russia and over domestic brands to potential investors are a five-to-ten-year buyback option, as well as maintaining a blocking stake.
The group in Russia includes about 20 plants located, in particular, in the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Tatarstan, Samara and Lipetsk regions. According to the materials on the website, in Russia the company manufactures products under such brands as Prostokvashino, Activia, Actimel, Alpro, Rastishka, Tyoma, Danissimo, Danone, Biobalance, Petmol, Aktual and others. Last week, the company announced that it was localizing its Activia brand in the Russian market under the new name AktiBio. are over. «An answer» arrived from Russia'>