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Putin seizes control of Nestle operations and factories in Russia (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 3 days ago by partial_accumen@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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From the article:

"Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise move is widely regarded as the first step toward passing the assets into the hands of Kremlin-friendly investors and comes as part of a renewed push against Western businesses still operating in the country amid the Ukraine war."

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[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

couldn't have happened to a better company.

Coke or McDonald's would have been good choices too.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

McDonald’s

In this case McDonald's and Coke are the allies to Ukraine. McDonald's left Russia in May 2022 because Russia invaded Ukraine. Coke left 2 months before McDonald's in March 2022 because of the invasion.

[-] 0x0@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

https://leave-russia.org/coca-cola

The Coca-Cola Company is suspending its business in Russia but starts making in Russia 'Dobry Cola' and a bunch of juices with brands like Rich and Moya Semya.

That is such bullshit propaganda. Is cokewashed a term yet?

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That is such bullshit propaganda. Is cokewashed a term yet?

You're not reading your source very well, and you're drawing incomplete conclusions.

The American Coca-Cola company did divest its assets and left Russia in 2022. The company making Dobry Cola isn't the American Coca-Cola company. The company making Dobry Cola is called Multon Partners and is owned a company called Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC) which is a Dutch bottling company, not the American soda company. The American soda company does not have a controlling interest (51% or greater) in Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC) to decide to force Multon to stop.