The French agri-food giant Danone announced Friday evening that it had obtained
“the required Russian regulatory authorizations”
to sell its subsidiary in Russia to a close friend of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, withdrawn ten days ago by Moscow from the companies placed temporarily under government control.
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This sale to the company
“Vamin R LLC”
– known as Vamin Tatarstan –, a Russian dairy company owned by Mintimer Mingazov, a man linked to Ramzan Kadyrov,
“is planned in the coming weeks
,” Danone said in a statement. communicated.