Russian and Belarusian goods disappear from Latvian supermarket shelves

Today, 5:33 p.m.

Updated today, 7:09 p.m.

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A wide variety of goods come from Russia and Belarus. The Maxima store shows that employees have removed, for example, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, pampers, herring, toothpaste, and various hygiene products. It can be seen that tea shelves are especially rare. One example is Tesa, which says “Made in Russia”.

In total, Maxima stores have more than one and a half thousand products manufactured in Russia and Belarus. This is a small part of the total product range.

Limae Dupate-Ugule, a spokeswoman for Maxima, told Latvian Television: “So far, the most popular and best-selling products have been” rolls “, various dried fruits, sunflower seeds. we can provide ourselves with various alternatives in Latvia. “

Dupate-Ugule pointed out that Russian and Belarusian products are being taken off the shelves in all Maxima stores, including outside Latvia. In this way, the company opposes Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

The Rimi store chain is also doing the same.

Milan Bloom, Rimi Latvia’s category director, explained: “Admittedly, this is a small quantity of only a few hundred of the total goods. In this sense, it is a more symbolic message with the idea that we are against military aggression and in solidarity with the Ukrainians. “

A spokeswoman for Maxima said: “We have identified that there are employees whose relatives or friends live in Ukraine, respectively, so that they can turn to the company for help and call if they have any clarification questions or simply ask what to do if they cannot. call different public authorities or consular departments. “

The chain of stores “Elvi” and “top!”

Other companies also report

Other companies, such as Latvijas Finieris, have also announced the termination of cooperation with Russia and Belarus.

Uldis Biķis, the chairman of the company’s council, calls it a self-evident choice.

He told Latvian Television: “In the end, there is war. People are dying. The infrastructure of residential houses is being destroyed. In our opinion, it is simply cynical to talk about money. [..] A complete cessation of cooperation, we believe that this is our struggle, this is our confrontation [ar Ukrainu]not even as soldiers.

We believe in “Latvian veneer” that we will get something much more valuable than the money we can earn together by buying resources from Russia or Belarus, because this unity is what will help us and give us strength in the long run. “

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