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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Sarah Butler and agencies

Lego to end all operations in Russia after earlier halt to deliveries

Lego store in a Moscow shopping centre.
Lego store in a Moscow shopping centre. Photograph: Alexander Sayganov/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Lego is to cease all operations in Russia “indefinitely” after pausing deliveries to its 81 stores in the country in March.

The world’s largest toymaker said it was ending the employment of most of its staff in Moscow and terminating a partnership with Inventive Retail Group, the company that runs stores on its behalf in the country.

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