MegaFon ruled out harm to business and subscribers due to new EU sanctions

The new sanctions from the European Union do not provide for any really harmful restrictions for businesses or MegaFon subscribers, the operator's press service told TASS.

The company believes that the EU decision to ban the supply of dual-use goods to the operator "will only affect the obligations that European equipment suppliers still have." “We do not see a significant impact from them on our company's business,” MegaFon emphasized.

At the same time, the operator continues to study the possible consequences of the restrictions. The company is considering challenging the EU decision.

Under the new, tenth package of EU sanctions, 87 individuals and 34 organizations from Russia fell, including Tinkoff Bank, Alfa-Bank and Rosbank. The restrictions also affected dual-use goods, electronics, specialized vehicles, spare parts for cars and jet engines.

On the eve of February 24, sanctions against Russia were extended by the United States . The restrictions also affected banks, including Lanta-bank, Uralsib and MTS-bank. Technopark "Skolkovo" and "MegaFon" fell under EXPORT sanctions. The press service of the operator told RBC that the company does not see any direct consequences for subscribers and customers, since MegaFon is not engaged in export sales.

The Russian authorities consider the sanctions imposed by the West illegal. President Vladimir Putin warned that such restrictions harm their initiators as well, and called the sanctions insane and thoughtless.