By order of Vladimir Putin, the company "Industrial Assets" became a temporary manager of JSC "Pereslavl-Tabak", LLC "J.T.I. Innovative Products and LLC "J.T.I. Russia". Earlier, J.T.I. Donskoy Tobacco, J.T.I. Elets, Cres Neva and Petros were also transferred to the temporary management of the company. On November 6, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested to the Russian ambassador in Tokyo, Nikolai Nozdar, in connection with the decision to transfer JTI's Russian assets under external management. JTI, a third of which is owned by the Japanese government, is the third largest tobacco producer in the world, and has been operating in Russia since 1999. According to TASS, the company is the largest producer of tobacco products in the country. Tag: @tvrain.