2024-04-10 04:34:56
It is reported that products and technologies classified as high-priority battlefield goods were transported from Lithuania to Vičiūnai" possibly transporting sanctioned goods to Russia: "Let's not rush to waste accusations"”>Kaliningrad. “Vičiūnai” admitted to journalists that it transported such goods to Russia, but claims that it was not aware of the sanctions.
It is noted that “Plungė cooperative trade”, which manufactures food products from surimi, is also used to provide various equipment to the “Vičiūnai-Rus” factory in Sovetsk.
According to the portal, the list of priority goods found on the battlefield of the European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom and Japan compiled last year currently includes 50 goods. It is noted that these goods are prohibited from being exported and transported through Russia in order to limit the aggressor’s ability to improve its army.
ELTA reminds that the Matijošaičius family, which owns Vičiūnus, has been delaying the sale of the company’s factories in Russia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. However, it was reported this week that the Russian government’s foreign investment control commission allowed the sale of the joint-stock company “Vičiūnai-Rus” to an investor from St. Petersburg.
Earlier, it was also announced that Rolan Ozarinskas, the deputy general director of the Sovetsk-based company “Vičiūnai-Rus” and Edgaras Pečiulis, the supply manager, representing the Russian food industry, met with the Minister of Food Industry of Cuba and his representatives in Moscow last April.
Therefore, there were proposals among politicians to ban “Vičiūnai Group” from participating in public procurement in Lithuania.
2024-04-10 04:34:56