He told the Izvestia newspaper about this.
As stated in the article, the buyers were large Russian furniture manufacturers Slotex and Luzales.
Evtukhov noted that all the facilities left by IKEA after leaving the Russian market will continue to operate in the country.
According to him, it is important that production continue to work and develop, as well as jobs are saved.
Earlier, IKEA said they intended to complete the sale of factories in Russia in early 2023.
It was also reported that IKEA refused to fulfill the requirements for payments to employees of two Russian factories.