German-owned Metro retailer in Samara supplied food to the Russian military — while the company’s Ukraine arm aided Kyiv’s forces
A store belonging to German retailer Metro provided free food to Russian service members in the city of Samara on multiple occasions in 2022, according to the official journal of the Samara Region’s Public Chamber. At the same time, Metro’s Ukrainian subsidiary was providing aid to Ukraine’s armed forces, donating more than 1,000 metric tons of food and other goods between February 2022 and…
A German-owned retailer, Metro, provided free food to Russian military personnel in the city of Samara in 2022, while its Ukrainian subsidiary was supplying aid to Ukraine's armed forces, according to official records. The Samara Region's Public Chamber published an article about Metro's involvement in a campaign titled "We Don't Abandon Our Own," which aimed to collect humanitarian aid for Russian service members.
The campaign saw multiple shipments of food collected for Russian troops, including warm blankets and plastic sheeting. Meanwhile, Metro's Ukrainian arm donated over 1,000 metric tons of food and other goods to Ukraine's forces between February 2022 and September 2023. Russia's Metro Cash & Carry LLC was wholly owned by the German group throughout this period.
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