The sixth package of sanctions adopted by the European Union against Russia and Belarus provides in particular for the prohibition of trucks registered in these two countries from traveling to the European community. However, Russian and Belarusian carriers seem to have found a way around these restrictions.
The sixth package of sanctions adopted by the European Union against Russia and Belarus provides in particular for the prohibition of trucks registered in these two countries from traveling to the European community.
However, Russian and Belarusian carriers seem to have found a way to circumvent these prohibitions, prompting many citizens of neighboring countries to organize blocking operations against them. The Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce has even appealed to companies continuing to work with Moscow and Minsk.
E-commerce specialist Andrey Pobezhimov, director of the logistics company SDEK in Novosibirsk, Russia, assures that it is “not complicated to circumvent sanctions to buy American products, via third countries”.
Transport costs are skyrocketing
Deliveries arrive in Finland by plane, before continuing by truck to Russia. Transport is carried out in vehicles weighing less than 3.5 tonnes, which are not affected by the sanctions, or by drivers from the European Union who are not prohibited from entering Russia.
The sanctions, however, have caused the cost of transport to Russia to skyrocket by 350 to 500 percent, a rise due in part to the shortage of trailers and special transport, such as refrigerated vehicles, and the need to use intermediaries.