Westliches Russland-Geschäft: Putin stellt Tabakunternehmen JTI unter Zwangsverwaltung
Immer mehr westliche Firmen sehen ihr Russland-Geschäft unter Moskaus Zwangsverwaltung gestellt. Jetzt nimmt sich Kremlchef Putin nach Metro und Nestlé auch einen Tabakkonzern vor.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has placed the Russian business operations of the Western tobacco company Japan Tobacco International (JTI) under state management, according to a decree. This follows similar measures taken against other Western companies, including the subsidiaries of retail giants Metro and Auchan, as well as food giant Nestlé.
JTI, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is one of Russia's largest markets with a billion-dollar annual revenue. However, the company suspended investments in the country upon the start of the war. JTI operates four factories in Russia, producing several cigarette brands and employing over 4,000 people. Putin has previously not ruled out the possibility of nationalizing Western companies' assets, but emphasized that this is not currently planned.
Instead, Russia is willing to return the assets to their original owners if the situation improves. However, Putin criticized the seizure of Russian state property in the West as "completely inadmissible," citing the example of Gazprom Germania GmbH, which was nationalized in Germany in 2022 under the name Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (Sefe).
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