INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The world's largest toymaker, Denmark's Lego, said Tuesday it would stop all its Russian operations, ending the employment of its Moscow
staff and a partnership with a company operating 81 stores in Russia.A Lego spokeswoman said the company had decided to "indefinitely cease
commercial operations in Russia given the continued extensive disruption in the operating environment."This included terminating the
employment of most of the Moscow-based team and a partnership with Inventive Retail Group which "operated 81 stores on the brand's behalf,"
termination of the contract with Lego," a spokeswoman for Inventive Retail Group told AFP on Tuesday."Our company will continue to work as
an expert in the category of construction and educational toys," she added.In early May, Russia placed Lego products on a list of goods that
could be imported without the agreement of the intellectual property owner in order to bypass restrictions imposed over the conflict in
Ukraine.Among the list published by the Industry and Commerce Ministry were Apple and Samsung smartphones, major car brands, game consoles
