etalon group plc said friday that it may not achieve any of its strategic targets and not pay dividends due to the russiaukraine crisis as it sees an impact on costs and sales the russian construction company said that supplychain disruptions combined with exchangerate volatility may have a significant impact on construction costs while sales performance might be hit by the central bank of russias interest rate hike to 20 from 95 however the company said that neither etalon group nor any of its subsidiaries are a target of the sanctions against certain individuals and entities in russia the company said that despite there being no prohibition on dividends certain rules introduced by the central bank of russia may affect its ability to pay dividends developments relating to these matters are highly unpredictable occur swiftly and often with little notice as such it is currently impossible to fully assess the longterm impact of these initiatives on etalon groups business it said