According to the newspaper’s report, Sweden’s largest automaker Volvo Cars may be boycotted by the Swedish Ministry of Defense and the city of Gothenburg. Dagens Industry.
According to the newspaper, the boycott is likely due to Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Agency blacklisting Volvo Cars’ co-owner, Chinese Geely Holding, because it still pays taxes in Russia.
Swedish Ministry of Defense spokesperson Marie Tisseter said the boycott of Volvo is a national issue affecting most ministries and organizations in the country. According to him, therefore, it should be worked jointly at the state level. The first contacts between government structures have already taken place.
Previously, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption of Ukraine contributed became the “sponsor of the war” of the Chinese automaker Geely, as the manufacturer paid taxes to the Russian budget. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China strongly prisoner Such a move from Kiev.