Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Agency (known by its Ukrainian acronym NAZK) added sandwich shop chain Subway to its list of “international war sponsors” on Wednesday, accusing it of helping finance the Russian invasion. His 500 restaurants selling food in the “Invader's Market”.
Natsuku announced The decision was made in a post on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram that began with a hamburger and angry face emoji, an effective way to nonverbally convey displeasure with restaurants that don't sell hamburgers.post photograph The story of a subway meal where the meat in the sandwich was replaced with a Russian missile.
Ukraine's anti-corruption agency has found that Subway “pays hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes to the budget of the Russian Federation,” uses “licensed Russian social networks” for advertising and “We are using a Russian food delivery service that works with local authorities.” law enforcement agencies of the aggressor country; ”
“After the start of the full-scale invasion, the company did not report a reduction in its operations in the Russian Federation, nor did the company's management try to blame Russia for the war in Ukraine,” NAZK charged.
NAZK claims that Subway cares about “consumer health” and therefore provides “a healthy alternative to traditional fast food,” while at the same time claiming that by paying taxes to Russia, “Ukrainian He accused them of hypocrisy for funding the murder of
Main website NAZK accused Subway “misled” the public by claiming that all of its Russian restaurants were independently owned and operated, when in reality the Russian Subway franchises were owned by St. Petersburg-based Subway Russia Services. – Owned by a company called Company.
FILE/An employee prepares sandwiches inside a Subway fast food restaurant in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, April 7, 2013. (Andrei Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty)
NAZK finds out how Subway uses Russian law firm to collect royalties from Russian franchises after Russian bank blocks payments to entities in 'unfriendly nation' in US He explained.
ukraine Created of International war sponsor list In the summer of 2022, public pressure will increase on multinational companies that continue to operate in Russia. Only a handful of high-profile companies have been added to this list, including Nestlé, PepsiCo, Philip Morris International, Bacardi, Unilever, and candy company Mars Inc.
About 12 of the listed companies are Chinese conglomerates, including China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Sinopec, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and Alibaba Group. China is Russia's main international ally after the invasion of Ukraine and has refused to criticize Russia. Russian and Chinese leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin praise each other, declared There are “no limits” to the partnership between Moscow and Beijing.
According to NAZK, about 1,600 foreign companies still operate in Russia, but Subway is only the 49th country added to the list of international sponsors of war. NAZK accepts nominations for new entrants from external advocacy groups, particularly those companies that pay large amounts of taxes in Russia, strengthen the Russian economy, or provide goods and services useful to the Russian military. Evaluate with care.
FILE/A customer leaves a Subway fast food restaurant on Sunday, April 7, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. (Andrei Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty)
Late September, Ukraine It was deleted The Hungarian bank removed OTP from its list because it “made many commitments regarding its future plans for the Russian market.” OTP Bank was added to the list in May 2023.
The Ukrainian government had hoped that removing the bank would persuade Hungary to stop. blocking Billions of euros have been spent on European Union military aid, but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has not yet lifted his veto threat.
The International War Sponsor List is a “soft sanction,” meaning it imposes no legal consequences or penalties. By definition, companies added to the list are not prevented from operating in Russia by international sanctions.
