Putin deepens Japan Tobacco expropriation with second asset seizure decree
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Investing.com - Russia has broadened its expropriation of Japan Tobacco Inc.'s domestic business, transferring three additional local units to Russian temporary management a day after seizing the company's primary manufacturing plants, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. Still…
Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTHIGH✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: expected bearishThe seizure of three more JTI units in Russia raises expropriation and political risk for Japan Tobacco on the Russian market.AI-generated summary
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- 01A presidential decree transferred three Japan Tobacco International entities to temporary oversight by JSC Industrial Assets.
- 02A day earlier the company's primary manufacturing plants had been seized.
- 03The measure also covers a holding entity with a stake in a seized plant and a tobacco sales and distribution arm.
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