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The decree transferred JTI’s four factories, around 4,000 employees and roughly 40% of the Russian cigarette market to a state-linked holding company.
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decree → transfer → company
The latest seizure added to a list that includes Nestlé, Auchan, Leroy Merlin and Metro.
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that → add → Nestlé
Russian President Vladimir Putin placed Japan Tobacco International's (JTI) operations under state control on Thursday, ordering their transfer by decree to a state-linked holding company AO Promyshlennye aktivy.
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Putin → place → company
The order covers JTI's factories in St Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, the Lipetsk region and the Leningrad region.
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order → cover → Don
The company employs around 4,000 people in Russia and holds roughly 40% of the Russian cigarette market, making it the country's largest manufacturer.
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it → employ → market
Its Russian product range includes the international brands Winston, Glamour, Camel, LD and Sobranie, and the domestic labels Pyotr I, Russky Stil and Donskoi Tabak.
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range → include → brands
JTI, whose headquarters are in Geneva, entered the Russian market in 1999 and acquired local producer Donskoi Tabak in 2018.
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headquarters → enter → 2018
JT Group has invested $4.6bn in its Russian operations over more than 20 years, according to a company profile updated in November 2025.
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After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the company did not leave the country but suspended new investment in Russian production and marketing.
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company → leave → production
The seizure follows Russia's arrest last month of Yuki Imai, a journalist with the Japanese newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun, on espionage charges.
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seizure → follow → charges
The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Tokyo of systematically using journalists to gather intelligence inside the country.
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Ministry → accuse → country
Japan has rejected the accusation.
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Japan → reject → accusation
Japan, which has a long-standing dispute with Russia over the Chishima Islands in the Pacific Ocean, has also joined some Western sanctions over the ongoing all-out war in Ukraine.
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which → have → Ukraine
JTI joins a list of European companies whose Russian assets have been transferred to state management under the same mechanism, including Swiss food group Nestlé, French retailers Auchan and Leroy Merlin, and German retailer Metro.
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assets → join → Nestlé
Moscow has presented the external management process as a response to sanctions imposed after the 2022 invasion.
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Moscow → present → invasion
Restrictions introduced for companies from states deemed "unfriendly" include caps on dividend payments, which trap profits inside Russia, and substantial fees on sales of Russian business assets.
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which → introduce → assets
Putin said on 1 October the mechanism also gave Russia the ability to prepare retaliatory measures against any possible future nationalisation of Russian assets abroad, while leaving open the possibility of returning control to former owners if "conditions improved".
External management involves appointing state-linked administrators to run a company’s Russian assets without the foreign owner’s consent or compensation, transferring effective control to the Russian state regardless of who retains nominal ownership.
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