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War in Ukraine: these French SMEs caught in the Russian quagmire

2022-03-07T20:03:39.851Z


DECRYPTION - Bercy is at the bedside of the collateral victims of the conflict and the sanctions. Between their employer and their homeland, they have chosen their homeland. French firms based in Ukraine have experienced this in recent days. "It has been reported to us that Ukrainian employees of certain local subsidiaries have preferred to destroy the industrial tool rather than see it fall into the hands of the Russians" , confides Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the Minister of Industry. Installed


Between their employer and their homeland, they have chosen their homeland.

French firms based in Ukraine have experienced this in recent days.

"It has been reported to us that Ukrainian employees of certain local subsidiaries have preferred to destroy the industrial tool rather than see it fall into the hands of the Russians"

, confides Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the Minister of Industry.

Installed near the front lines, these subsidiaries are far from being the only French collateral victims of the Russian invasion.

Some have stopped their activity because of the conflict.

Others continue because they produce essential goods, in food or health.

But some are deprived of arms.

Malterie Soufflet lost around 40 of its 350 employees, who took up arms in the first days of the conflict.

Some asked to be replaced by their wives.

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Source: lefigaro

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