BRDO officially called on the management of Siemens AG to stop all collaboration with russia – the agressor that destroys Ukrainian pieceful cities and kills Ukrainian children. The Office also emphasized on the necessity to stop the company’s enterprises already working on the territory of the terrorist state.
Siemens has been helping russian occupants to circumvent international sanctions since the russian occupation of Ukrainian Crimea. By supplying gas turbines of its own production in Crimea, Siemens helped the occupant to generate electricity after the cessation of its supply from mainland Ukraine.
The company later supplied its pumps to Crimea, which in turn helped provide water to the occupiers’ military facilities.
It is critical to note that both electricity and water supplies of the peninsula were enough for the needs of local residents. Siemens exclusively assisted the occupying forces in providing them with electricity and water, thus supporting the occupation regime with these resources.
As of today, Siemens AG stated that they are putting on hold all new business in and international deliveries to russia. However, local service and maintenance-related activities will be continued, the company said.
At the same time, Siemens AG states that the company have kick-started support for humanitarian aid with donations to Red Cross.
We feel obliged to state in return that in doesn’t work that way – do the business with the killer country with one hand and give humanitarian support money to its victims with another, following global humanitarian trends. The reputation of Siemens AG during WW2 and collaboration with the Nazi regime is widely known. Today the company has an opportunity to save its reputation and do not repeat mistakes of the past.
We call on Siemens AG to:
- stop the work of its enterprises in russian federation.
- stop the supply of materials and spare parts to the company’s daughter enterprises in the rf.
We also call on the global community, in particular, the USA and the EU, to introduce sanctions on supplying russia with specific types of products:
- boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof;
- vehicles and parts and accessories thereof;
- electrical equipment and devices;
- energy equipment and machinery;
- automation systems and industry software.
On March 15 Siemens AG replied and stated that the company has stopped all new business, domestic and international deliveries to Russia and also to Belarus. “We will only continue our local service and maintenance activities in strict compliance with the sanctions”, the company’s representative said.