Local chains #Magnit and Lenta are rumoured to be in contention to buy out #Auchan's #Russian operations, though it may create an illegal monopoly on the market. Another win for #Russia - soon, all the stores you can not buy butter at will be proudly #Russian.

Almost 3 years into the full-scale war, this is another proof that where morals fail, economic sanctions work. #Russia may pretend otherwise, but the truth is that on the global scale,