No more Playmobil for Russia: Bavarian company draws consequences - "stunned and dismayed"

Created: 03/02/2022Updated: 03/02/2022 15:34

By: Katarina Amtmann

The Horst Brandstätter Group no longer delivers Playmobil to Russia.

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The Ukraine conflict is causing horror.

In order to show solidarity, a well-known company from Bavaria is now reacting - and stopping deliveries from Playmobil to Russia.

Zirndorf - A large company is taking consequences due to the Ukraine conflict*: The Horst Brandstätter Group is looking at the current developments with great concern and "has decided to stop delivering products from the two corporate brands PLAYMOBIL and LECHUZA to Russia with immediate effect." said the group from Zirndorf (district of Fürth *) on Tuesday, March 1st, in a press release.

Ukraine conflict: Bavarian company takes action - no more Playmobil for Russia

The Horst Brandstätter Group had planned sales of around 10 million euros for both companies in Russia for 2022.

But the employees and the company management want "to set a sign of solidarity with the people in Ukraine," says the press release.

How the sanctions are affecting Russian society

In the Ukraine war, the EU and the US imposed surprisingly tough sanctions on Russia - with far-reaching consequences for the German economy.

The news ticker.

Ukraine conflict: "stunned and dismayed" - company from Bavaria reacts

“We are stunned and dismayed at the incursion of Russian troops into Ukraine.

Our sympathy goes to the many people who are in acute danger of death or who are leaving their home in hundreds of thousands,” said Steffen Höpfner, CEO of the company.

Kharkiv is also under attack in the Ukraine conflict.

The second largest city in the country is twinned with Nuremberg.

Help is being prepared there.*