A company operating e-scooters for hire in Liverpool says it is 're-evaluating' its partners in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Sweden-based Voi Technology is the company behind the popular coral-coloured e-scooters that have been seen on the city's streets in the past couple of years. Reports in a Swedish newspaper claimed one of Voi's major shareholders has links with an oligarch who has been sanctioned by the European Union following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The newspaper, Di, claimed Russian businessman Alexei Eliseev, who owns shares in Voi, has alleged business connections with Alexei Mordashov, who was sanctioned by the EU. Mr Eliseev, who has not been sanctioned, is also a major shareholder and chairman of shipping firm Globaltruck, which is partly owned by the Russian state, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
