President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has put into effect the sanctions of the National Security and Defense Council against individuals and legal entities, including the Wildberries company, follows from the decrees published on the website of the Ukrainian president.
Wildberries Limited Liability Company. The validity period is three years, ”the published materials read. At the same time, it is indicated that the company’s divisions in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan fall under the sanctions.
In addition, sanctions are imposed for three years against the organization “Official Representative Center of the Donetsk People’s Republic in France”, “Association of the Representation of the Donetsk People’s Republic in France”, “Association France – Crimea”.
Among individuals, restrictive measures are being introduced against: Wildberries CEO Tatyana Bakalchuk, co-owner of the company Vladislav Bakalchuk, Wildberries IT director Andrey Revyashko, head of the Wildberries direction Alexei Kuzmenko. The list of sanctions also includes two Frenchmen – Gerall-Hubert Fayard and Christelle Nean. Vedomosti sent a request to Wildberries.
Wildberries is the largest online retailer in the Russian market, according to Data Insight. It was founded in 2003 by the spouses Tatiana and Vladislav Bakalchuk. On the site are clothes, shoes, household appliances and electronics, cosmetics, auto goods, food. Sales through the marketplace last year reached 413.2 billion rubles. – this is 96% more than a year earlier.
According to Forbes, Bakalchuk is the richest woman in Russia and ranks 13th in the ranking of the 200 richest entrepreneurs in the country. The publication estimates her fortune at $ 13 billion.
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