Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russian subsidiary of the French company Auchan has been supplying goods to the Russian military in the occupied Ukrainian territories under the guise of humanitarian aid to civilians and helping military recruitment offices to mobilise people. Auchan also helped the Russian authorities combat draft dodgers: the company collected and passed on data about its employees to military enlistment offices and, after the mobilisation was announced, helped the enlistment offices fulfil the norm: employees were served draft notices right in the workplace and asked to resign. Earlier, Auchan CEO Yves Claude said that the chain would continue to operate in Russia because it "acts in the interests of the civilian population"