Former Prime Minister François Fillon announced this Friday in the 

JDD

 that he was resigning from his Russian mandates on the boards of directors of the petrochemical giant Sibur and Zarubeshneft, a company specializing in hydrocarbons, he announced in a tribune at the JDD to be published in full on Sunday.

Faced with the Russian invasion in Ukraine, "I cannot continue my participation in the boards of Russian companies Zarubeshneft and Sibur", said François Fillon, indicating that he was taking this decision with "sadness".

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– François Fillon (@FrancoisFillon) February 24, 2022

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The former head of government from 2007 to 2012 and candidate for the presidential election in 2017 had recently been criticized for remaining on his boards of directors when Russia invaded Ukraine, as he explains in a tribune that the JDD will publish in full on Sunday.

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