MOSCOW, October 18. /TASS/. Spanish fashion group Inditex (owner of the brands Zara, Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear, Oysho, Bershka, Stradivarius) is considering the possibility of transferring its Russian assets to a partner from a "friendly" country, for example, from Southeast Asia or the Persian Gulf. The business can also be transferred to a partner from the UAE, Kommersant reported earlier, citing materials from the Arbitration Court of the Samara Region from September 30.

Inditex's global office did not respond to the newspaper's request.

In early March, Inditex decided to temporarily stop working in Russia amid its special military operation in Ukraine.

Inditex has more than 7 thousand stores in about 100 countries.