{
  "id": 8074793,
  "title": "Putin put Russian assets of French supermarket chain Auchan and Swiss food giant Nestlé under temporary management. Neither company had left Russia after the full-scale invasion.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/putin-put-russian-assets-of-french-supermarket-chain-auchan-and-swiss",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T18:13:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/17/putin-put-russian-assets-of-french-supermarket-chain-auchan-and-swiss-food-giant-nestle-under-temporary-management-neither-company-had-left-russia-after-the-full-scale-invasion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russian President Vladimir Putin has placed the assets of French supermarket chain Auchan and Swiss food giant Nestlé under temporary management, according to a decree. The same decree also placed a 0.007% stake held by French group Adeo in Russian legal entity Le Monlid under temporary management. Kommersant reported in mid-August that company KS Logistika had requested Putin to impose temporary management on five of Nestlé's Russian legal entities, which could mark the beginning of an ownership-transfer process due to the lack of expansion plans and halted exports of goods made in Russia. Neither Auchan nor Nestlé left Russia after Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine in 2022. However, Nestlé did scale back its operations, halting investment, stopping sales of some brands like KitKat and Nesquik, and announcing no plans to turn a profit in Russia. Leroy Merlin's owner announced leaving Russia in 2023, and the home improvement stores now operate under the brand name Lemana PRO.",
  "summary": "The assets of the Russian subsidiaries of France’s Auchan and Switzerland’s Nestlé have been placed under the temporary management of a company called L.E.V. Management, under a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}