World’s largest fast food chain Subway is included in list of war sponsors
Ukraine has added the American multinational fast food franchise Subway to the list of international sponsors of war. The company continues to do business in Russia.
As Censor.NET reports this with reference to the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC).
The Agency noted that more than 500 restaurants of the Subway chain (Subway IP LLC) continue to operate in the market of the aggressor country, paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes to the Russian budget.
"Subway also actively advertises its activities through sanctioned Russian social networks and delivers food through Yandex services, which cooperate with the state and law enforcement agencies of the aggressor country," the statement said.
The NACP noted that after the start of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the company did not report any reduction in its activities in the aggressor country. There were also no attempts by Subway's management to condemn the Kremlin's war.
Subway is one of the largest chains in the world in terms of the number of restaurants.
The company has been operating in Russia for over 20 years, has created about 6,000 jobs, and has 550 restaurants in 122 cities. The Russian Subway chain is now the third largest in Europe after the UK and Germany.
"Subway has said that all restaurants in the country are independently owned and operated by local and master franchisees, so the restaurants remain open in Russia. This statement regarding the inability to influence its own franchisees is untrue and actually misleading," the NAPC said.
