Europe 1 with AFP 3:30 p.m., March 23, 2022
Faced with attacks by Yannick Jadot, accusing TotalÉnergies of taking advantage of the war in Ukraine to make a profit, the French group decided to counterattack and to sue the environmental candidate for defamation.
On Tuesday, the oil group announced that by the end of 2022, it would no longer buy Russian oil.
The battle continues between TotalEnergies and Yannick Jadot.
TotalEnergies told AFP on Wednesday that it had "immediately initiated a defamation action" against the environmental candidate for the presidential election, Yannick Jadot, who accused the group of "complicity in war crimes" for maintaining its activities in Russia.
In a statement sent to AFP, TotalEnergies denounced "unacceptable" remarks, "extremely serious and unfounded", adding to continue "its gas purchase operations in Russia to resell it, in particular in Europe for the benefit of European consumers. ".
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