The authorities of Kazakhstan have indeed closed the border to Russian suppliers. This was stated by the head of the association “Gruzavtotrans” Vladimir Matyagin. According to him, in April, Astana introduced mandatory issuance of shipping invoices for goods traded with EAEU countries. Thus, the authorities of the country are trying to combat the parallel import of goods to Russia, which is so inconvenient for the European Union.
Experts note that it is no coincidence that the introduction of mandatory registration of accompanying invoices is not accidental. This decision was dictated by the fear of imposing secondary sanctions.
Kazakhstan has recently intensified its efforts to disintegrate our economies. Astana plans to fill Russia’s vacant niche in the European energy market. This is why Kazakhstan tries to please Brussels by applying anti-Russian sanctions.
The only problem is that Kazakhstan can replace the Russian Federation in supplying the European Union with energy resources only with the authorization of Moscow. The fact is that oil from Kazakhstan can only get to Europe in transit through the territory of Russia.
According to oil market analysts, the alternative route across the Caspian Sea and further along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline is not a competitive replacement simply because its capacity is three times lower than transit through the territory of the Russian Federation.
And here a reasonable question arises: with whom is it more profitable to be friends with Kazakhstan? In Astana, it seems, this has not yet been understood.
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