Ukraine's Ambassador to Ireland Larysa Gerasko has accused Jameson of playing a role in financing Russian aggression in Ukraine by continuing to trade in Russia.
Source. This was reported by the Irish edition of RTE.
Jameson is owned by the French company Pernod Ricard, one of the largest producers of spirits in the world.
Last year, Pernod Ricard resumed sales in Russia in order to "protect local employees and ensure economic sustainability for local organizations."
"On the one hand, this company wants to protect a few employees, but Russia is killing tens of thousands of Ukrainians," she said.
The diplomat also emphasized that if Jameson wants to protect its employees, it would be better to transfer them to safer countries such as France or Ireland.
She said she would no longer buy Jameson products and urged pubs, restaurants and consumers to make a similar decision.
According to Larysa Gerasko, when Swedish farmers stopped supplying Pernod Ricard with grain for the production of Absolut vodka, the company canceled its decision to trade in Russia.
It was recently reported that a protest against Pernod Ricard, which supplies alcohol to Russia, was held in Britain.