Ukraine-Fillon will resign from the CA of Russian companies-JDD | Photo credits: REA
PARIS, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Former French Prime Minister François Fillon announced in a column at the JDD, excerpts from which the weekly published on its website on Friday, that he would leave the boards of directors of companies. Russian Sibur and Zarubeshneft.
Noting that the return to war in the heart of Europe was a “collective failure” but describing Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the only culprit of having started a conflict which could have, which should have been avoided”, François Fillon says he cannot “under these conditions, continue (his) participation in the boards of Russian companies Zarubeshneft and Sibur”, which he joined last year.
The former tenant of Matignon has recently been criticized for his relations with Russia, while the latter has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers near Ukraine in recent months and this week launched a large-scale offensive against its neighbor. .
François Fillon had joined the board of directors of the public hydrocarbon company Zarubeshneft last June, then, in November, the board of directors of the private petrochemical group Sibur. (Written by Jean Terzian, edited by Jean-Michel Bélot)