Michelin plans to hand over its Russian activities to a new entity under local management

Michelin plans to hand over its Russian activities to a new entity under local management

They said it would quit the country

the first Western tyre makers to give up doing business in Russia.

The French company, whose Western rivals in Russia include Italy's Pirelli

said it had become impossible to resume

Foreign companies seeking to exit Russia over the war in Ukraine

That has encouraged some businesses to accelerate their departure.