In a statement posted Monday night on the United Russia website, the secretary of the ruling party’s general council, Andrei Turchak, said the shutdown of operations is a “war” against the citizens of Russia.
The statement named private Finnish food companies Fazer, Valio and Paulig as the latest to announce closures in Russia.
“United Russia proposes to nationalize the production plants of companies that announce their departure and the closure of production in Russia during the special operation in Ukraine,” Turchak said.
“It is an extreme measure, but we will not tolerate being stabbed in the back and we will protect our people. This is a real war, not against Russia as a whole, but against our citizens,” he said. “We will take harsh retaliatory measures, acting in accordance with the laws of war.”
Paulig’s chief executive told Reuters in an email that this would not change his plans to withdraw from Russia. Fazer and Valio declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.
Fazer, which makes chocolate, bread and pastries, has three bakeries in St. Petersburg and one in Moscow, and employs about 2,300 people. Valio has a cheese factory and employs 400 people in Russia, and Paulig has a coffee roaster and employs 200 people in the country.
Last week, Finland, which is not a NATO member and shares a border with Russia, agreed to strengthen security ties with the United States as it nervously watches Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen; additional reporting by Essi Lehto; Spanish editing by Carlos Serrano)
Source: Ambito
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