NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters) – Starbucks said on Tuesday it was closing its cafes and suspending all operations in Russia, following other global groups that made similar decisions following the invasion. from Ukraine.
The group said the Alshaya firm, based in Kuwait and which manages more than a hundred Starbucks cafes in Russia, would support the approximately “2,000 partners in Russia who depend on Starbucks to survive”. (Report Hilary Russ; French version Jean Terzian)