# Metro’s Russian operation donates 1 billion rubles to fund equipping frontline troops

https://mins.news/en/item/113111

- Meduza, 2026-10-23 17:09 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/23/german-grocery-wholesaler-metro-s-russian-operation-donates-1-billion-rubles-to-a-fund-equipping-front-line-russian-troops-weeks-after-putin-placed-its-assets-under-temporary-management

> Metro said its Russian operation donated 1 billion rubles to the People’s Front: Everything for Victory! fund to buy equipment for troops at the front, including vehicles, communications and reconnaissance systems, and counter-drone equipment. Less than a month earlier, Vladimir Putin had placed Metro’s Russian assets under temporary management.

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