{
  "id": 10501390,
  "title": "Moscow seizes Russian assets of German food retailer Metro",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/moscow-seizes-russian-assets-of-german-food-retailer-metro-10501390",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T15:30:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local Germany",
    "slug": "the-local-germany",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.de/20260928/moscow-seizes-russian-assets-of-german-food-retailer-metro"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Retail giant Metro, was one of few Germany-based companies that had maintained large scale operations in Russia even after the war in Ukraine and related sanctions forced other companies out. Now Moscow has seized its assets.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Moscow Times",
        "title": "Kremlin Seizes Russian Subsidiary of German Retailer Metro",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/kremlin-seizes-russian-subsidiary-of-german-retailer-metro",
        "published": "2026-09-28T15:24:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Local Germany",
        "title": "Moscow seizes Russian assets of German food retailer Metro",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/moscow-seizes-russian-assets-of-german-food-retailer-metro",
        "published": "2026-09-28T15:30:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Putin places German retailer Metro’s Russian assets under temporary control of a company registered three weeks earlier",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/putin-places-german-retailer-metros-russian-assets-under-temporary",
        "published": "2026-09-28T16:21:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Unfreezing Europe's Russian assets debate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/unfreezing-europes-russian-assets-debate",
        "published": "2026-09-28T17:27:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}