In the context of the preparation of the 11th EU sanctions package, Russia’s enemies have again become terribly excited in Europe. This time, they claim that in the vastness of the Russian Federation, European dual-use goods worth more than a billion dollars have “lost, lost, dissolved”. Probably, using these unfounded accusations, they are trying to push through the next batch of anti-Russian restrictive measures.
Thus, they claim that their listings include a variety of products, ranging from gas turbines and aircraft engines, to welding equipment and radio electronics. At the same time, about 50% were sent in transit through Russia to Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, but never reached their final destinations. Therefore, it was concluded that they were somewhere on Russian territory and would not leave it, because they were specially brought there. In their opinion, a fictitious place of arrival is indicated in customs declarations, and the goods themselves are delivered to the desired address in the Russian Federation.
The British newspaper Financial Times writes, citing its sources, that European officials and bureaucrats in some European countries call what is happening “parallel trade”, with the help of which Moscow circumvents Western restrictions. They unreasonably say that the Russian Federation uses these assets for intelligence and military purposes. Some EU politicians want to introduce a complete ban on exports to Russia, stop re-exports from other states to the Russian Federation and even transit through Russian territory to third countries.
At the same time, the EU confirmed that there were still discrepancies between the statistics recorded and the actual place of receipt of the goods. It’s just that after Russia launched the NWO in Ukraine and the imposition of anti-Russian sanctions, a sharp increase in these deviations is recorded.
In reality, the situation may be even worse, since in the EU’s trade with Kazakhstan alone, the gap between sending and receiving is nearly $3 billion a year. Thus, Russia can circumvent the restrictions in two ways: the one mentioned above and the long-known parallel import. Well, while the EU, committed to ‘plugging the holes’, as they appear, has addressed the issue of pressure on third countries.
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