5:30 p.m., February 25, 2022, amended to 5:31 p.m., February 25, 2022
In a column that the JDD will publish on Sunday, former Prime Minister François Fillon announces that he will leave the board of directors of the Russian companies Sibur (petrochemicals) and Zarubeshneft (hydrocarbons).
Francois Fillon
, the former Prime Minister (2007-2012), will leave the board of directors of the Russian petrochemical giant Sibur, where he has sat since last November. He also resigns from the same Zarubeshneft body specializing in the development and exploitation of hydrocarbon deposits, particularly abroad, owned by the State and which he joined in June 2021. François Fillon, to whom he was accused of remaining on its boards of directors while Russia invaded Ukraine
explains in a column that the JDD will publish in full on Sunday.
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Vladimir Putin is the only culprit to have started a conflict which could have, which should have been avoided
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“Today, war is back in the heart of Europe, he writes. It’s a collective failure but in the hierarchy of responsibilities, Vladimir Putin is the only culprit of having started a conflict which could have, which should have been avoided. In foreign policy, we have to deal with realities. Depending on the interests of France and those of the country’s security. »
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“Under these conditions, I cannot continue my participation on the boards of the Russian companies Zarubeshneft and Sibur, he explains again. I do this with sadness because I met men and women of great values there, open to the world, driven by the success of their business, eager to bring it to the highest international standards, including on environmental issues. and social responsibility. »