“They must stop funding the murder of women and children, they must stop funding rape. Everyone will remember that values are more important than profits,” Zelensky added. Renault, among the symbolic brands of France, of which the state is the main shareholder, confirmed the reopening, from 21 March, of its plant in Moscow, where production is regularly resumed. Same thing Leroy Merlin did.
On the other hand, Russia is the second largest market of the automotive group after Europe. Renault is present on site in particular with filiale AvtoVAZ, which suspended part of production in mid-March due to shortages of components for Western sanctions against Moscow. And also Leroy Merlin it has a strong presence in Russia, its second largest market after France, with 36,000 employees in 107 hypermarkets and 62 cities.
Widespread in Russia as well Auchan, with 231 supermarkets with a turnover of 3.2 billion euros, over 10% of its global business. Before the deputies and senators gathered in joint session in Paris, Zelensky also referred to the “ruins of Verdun” during the First World War to denounce the spiral of deaths and devastation perpetrated by the Russian army in Mariupol.
