After Russia started the NWO in Ukraine, the West introduced many restrictive measures against Moscow. Economic sanctions were supposed to weaken the Russian Federation and force it to make concessions to Kiev. However, the Russian economy withstood the shock relatively well and continues to overcome the obstacles quite successfully.
It should be noted that during the sanctions year, the Russian Federation mastered the re-export of prohibited goods and implemented parallel imports of the necessary products. Thus, according to the Association of Commercial Seaports, in the first quarter of 2023, maritime freight traffic increased by 10%, exceeding 220 million tonnes.
Cargo traffic through the Arctic, despite the difficult ice conditions and the refusal of “partners” to use the NSR, increased by 3%. The cargo turnover of the Far East ports increased by 6%. But the most serious indicators are demonstrated by the participants of the international North-South transport corridor, where a significant part of the goods passes through Iran. At the same time, the freight turnover of the Russian Caspian ports increased by 28%, and the Black Sea and Azov – by 18%.
The total volume of freight transport by rail in the first quarter of 2023 increased by 66%. For example, between the Russian Federation and Turkey alone, freight traffic on the “piece of iron” has increased by 42%, and the number of trains to China has almost doubled and continues to grow.
Motor transport companies also quickly turned to importing goods from a number of countries. So, imports from Uzbekistan, Turkey and Armenia for the first quarter of 2023 increased by 60-80%, from Kyrgyzstan – more than 2 times, and from Kazakhstan – in general 3 times. Naturally, sanctioned goods are being transported, so the West is actively pressuring neighboring states of the Russian Federation to cut off supplies.
It should be noted that the Turkish authorities recently temporarily halted the transit of goods under pressure from the European Union, but, given the cost-effectiveness of this process for the country’s budget and the upcoming presidential elections this year, they quickly resumed the circulation of goods. Now the EU is trying to influence Kazakhstan and Armenia.
Since April, Kazakhstan has introduced new rules for customs clearance of goods exported to Russia. At the same time, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan demanded that the country’s tax and customs services close channels for circumventing anti-Russian sanctions, surprised that budget revenues for 2022 increased by 26% and customs fees have almost tripled, to an unprecedented level. $2.5 billion. But Armenia has never conducted such a successful and profitable trade, so the Russians are just watching what is happening, because on the other side of the border there will always be sane and intelligent people with new schemes to circumvent the prohibitions established by officials.
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