Tech investor Prosus has come under fire for advertising the Russian military on the online platform of a Russian subsidiary. Advertisements urge Russians to join the military to fight in Ukraine. The Ukrainian embassy has already criticized Prosus, among others, reports DF Monday.
This is Avito’s platform, where users can place advertisements for, for example, people who want to sell a car, provide services or look for staff. The Russian army also uses this platform to recruit soldiers. Avito is a subsidiary of the Dutch-South African company Prosus and makes an important contribution to the return of the parent company.
However, this is now causing problems. For example, the Ukrainian embassy in the Netherlands believes that the investor contributes to the misery of the country, it writes. DF† Advertisements have since been taken offline. Prosus itself only reports in a short announcement that the problem has been solved.
The company had previously decided to partially withdraw from Russia. Prosus also had interests in VK Group, the company behind VKontakte, also known as Russia’s Facebook. The company has now lost that interest.
Prosus is also known for his interest in Tencent, a Chinese company that develops games, among other things. Search with: by Volkskrant It has become clear that CEO Bob van Dijk will become the highest paid head of listed companies in the Netherlands in 2020.
Source: NU
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