Business● ElevatedSep 17 · Sep 17, 2026, 6:13 PM

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.

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Meduza [en] · Eastern Europe

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.

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