Scania, unlike Volkswagen, refused to supply its cars to Crimea
Moscow - Simferopol, April 1 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - Companies and individuals registered in Crimea will not be able to purchase trucks, buses and special equipment of the Swedish brand Scania. This was announced by the General Director of Scania-Rus LLC (Scania representative office in Russia) Hans Tardell during a press conference in Moscow.
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"If there's a request for supplies of our products from Crimea, we'll be forced to refuse. We must take into account that we are both a Russian and European company and are subject to both laws," Izvestia quotes Tardell as saying.
The official website of the European Union contains a list of sanctions imposed by the EU Council in 2014 and relating to Crimea. There are no direct indications of a ban on the supply of trucks, but one of the points in the document talks about a ban on the export of transport to Crimea and Sevastopol, which, apparently, determined Scania’s decision.
In 2014, Scania became the leader in the sale of trucks with a gross weight of over 16 tons among foreign companies on the Russian market.
Scania, unlike Volkswagen, has refused to supply its vehicles to Crimea.