NACP adds Chinese group of companies Alibaba Group Holding Limited to the list of international war sponsors

The National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) has added the Chinese group of companies Alibaba Group Holding Limited to the list of international sponsors of war.

This was reported by the NACP press service.

The reason is that the company still operates in Russia. In particular, it provides its platforms for the sale of copper products exported from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

In 2023, the company announced a restructuring plan to divide Alibaba Group into 6 groups: Cloud Intelligence Group, Taobao Tmall Business Group (Taobao, Tmall, Taobao Deals, Taocaica\i, 1688.com), Local Services Group (Amap, Ele.me), Global Digital Business Group (Lazada, AliExpress, Trendyol, Daraz, Alibaba.com), Cainiao Smart Logistics, Digital Media and Entertainment Group (Youku, Alibaba Pictures).

AliExpress, an online commerce platform operated by Alibaba's Russian subsidiary, LLC "Alibaba.Com (RU)", is a leading e-commerce platform in Russia.  Alibaba.COM (RU) is owned by Aliexpress Russia Holding Private Ltd, a company registered in Singapore.

Alibaba.COM (RU)'s profit for 2022 was RUB 16.3 billion, or about USD 160 million.

In April 2023, Reuters reported that the Chinese company Quzhou Nova had purchased at least 3,220 tonnes of copper alloy for a total of $7.4 million from the Debaltseve Metallurgical Engineering Plant (controlled by the Russians) between October 8, 2022, and March 24, 2023.  The company uses the copper exported from the occupied territories to produce goods that it sells on Alibaba's platforms.

On its platforms, Alibaba also censors Ukrainian content related to Russian aggression. At the same time, pro-Russian posts on the platform are not removed.