Russia’s Vedomosti daily reports that the unit, which sells data storage systems and telecommunications equipment to corporate clients, will be disbanded on January 1. SCMP writes that around 2,000 employees will be asked to transfer to Huawei’s offices in other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries or be laid off.
The report states that Huawei will be retaining the business unit’s offices in Moscow as it is prepared to return if “active hostilities” in Ukraine stop. The company’s research and development centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Novosibirsk will not be impacted and they will continue to work on projects such as 5G, computer vision, and virtual reality.
