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A company spokesperson said the data suggested that Electrolux-branded products were being made and exported by unaffiliated firms without permission.“According to our data, we had no product exports to Russia during 2023, and we have procedures in place to confirm those numbers,” the spokesperson told Al Jazeera.

“Based on the information you provided, we can conclude that the products have not been manufactured by Electrolux, nor exported to Russia on our behalf. We do not manufacture these product categories in China, and we have not given consent to any supplier to export Electrolux-branded products to Russia. Thus, the import is a completely unacceptable, unauthorised use of our brand."Other Western brands readily available in Russia denied any involvement in supplying goods to the country and pointed to their efforts to maintain control over their supply chains.“Audi has not been supplying cars directly or knowingly indirectly to Russia since March 2022. There is currently no licensed importer for the import of vehicles in Russia. We do not accept grey market imports of cars or original Audi parts to Russia,” Audi told Al Jazeera in a written statement to Al Jazeera.

Mercedes said it had taken measures to ensure control over the sale of its vehicles.“We have installed intensive awareness and control measures in our global dealer network to minimise the risk of potential sanctions circumvention,” a Mercedes-Benz spokesperson told Al Jazeera, explaining that such measures included audits of authorised partners.

A number of companies, including German firms Tchibo and Henkel, told Al Jazeera that they have limited means to prevent parallel imports.

Coca-Cola said its ability to address the issue is “limited by regulatory factors linked primarily to free trade within the Eurasian Economic Union”, an integrated single market made up of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.Hundreds of thousands deported by Pakistan and Iran face poverty, unemployment, and lack of aid in fragile Afghanistan.

A deepening humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Afghanistan as neighbouring countries force tens of thousands of Afghans to return home.More than 280,000 Afghans were deported or pressured to leave Pakistan and Iran in April alone. Many arrived destitute, desperately needing assistance to rebuild their lives. Their stories reveal the precarious futures they now face.

Ezatullah, 45, recently entered Afghanistan through the Torkham border with his wife and seven children.“They told us to leave urgently,” he said. “All of our belongings were left behind; everything was lost. We now have nothing.”