@[email protected] to World NewsEnglish • 3 months agoThe Dutchman who gets Nike and Lego into wartime Russia’s storeswww.reuters.commessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareFlying SquidMlinkEnglish22•3 months ago The man who got these shoes to Russia is Wijnand Herinckx, a 40-year-old Dutch citizen who lives in Moscow. I hope the government of The Netherlands finds a way to rectify that at the very least.
minus-square@ilmagicolinkEnglish9•3 months agoFrom the article: Herinckx said his focus is on consumer goods not covered by sanctions. Reuters found no evidence that his firm was violating sanctions. His business might be of dubious morality but it might not be illegal, so I’m not sure the government can do much.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•edit-23 months ago“I will make it illegal.” – Emperor Rutte, maybe
I hope the government of The Netherlands finds a way to rectify that at the very least.
From the article:
His business might be of dubious morality but it might not be illegal, so I’m not sure the government can do much.
“I will make it illegal.” – Emperor Rutte, maybe