Federal Government: No Further Information on Helferich Trip
Berlin – The German government does not have any further information on the trip of SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich (SPD) to St. Petersburg to meet Alexei Mordashov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Severstal PJSC. This is according to Deputy Government Spokesman Wolfgang Büchner in Berlin on Thursday. According to information from the political newsletter “Table.Media”, Mützenich apparently met Mordashov, who is on the EU sanctions list, in St. Petersburg on February 8th. Such a meeting would be a violation of EU sanctions.
Mützenich has denied the meeting. When asked by dpa, Mützenich’s office stated that there was no meeting with Mordashov during the trip to St. Petersburg. As part of the trip, Mützenich met with opposition figures and members of civil society, Mützenich’s office said.
EU sanctions were imposed on oligarchs close to the Russian government, including Mordashov, after Russia attacked Ukraine. According to the EU sanctions list, assets of those affected are to be frozen and transactions with them prohibited.
Regierung: Keine weiteren Informationen zu Helferich-Fahrt
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