The Dutch brewer Heineken says it has now completely exited Russia by selling its operations for a symbolic euro.The Dutch brewer Heineken said on Friday it had sold its operations in Russia to that country's Arnest Group for a single symbolic euro and had now completely left the territory.

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The company had already announced its intention to close down its Russian operations back in March 2022 following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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It has now acknowledged that the process had taken longer than expected.

Exceptional losses

The deal was likely to leave it with exceptional losses of €300 million ($324.8 million), the company said.

Heineken is the world's second-largest brewer. It had seven breweries in Russia and 1,800 employees.

Under the deal, the latter will receive employment guarantees for the next three years.

More to follow...

tj/rc (Reuters, AFP)

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