The Prosecutor of Ukraine’s regional government in exile in Crimea has launched a criminal probe against officials of the Coca-Cola Company and Pepsi, after the two companies presented Crimea as a part of Russia in separate incidents.
The Crimean peninsula was annexed by Russia in 2014 from the territory of Ukraine and Moscow’s control in the country is not internationally recognized as legitimate. The de facto government in place however is Russian, while the Ukrainian regional government operates from outside Crimea.
Earlier this month Coca-Cola landed itself in hot water in Ukraine after its Russian office posted a map of Russia with …read more
Source: Newsweek
