Luxury cars flow to Russia, everyone wins — except Ukraine — Sky News

The British TV channel Sky News published a story from the Georgian border, from where in Russia is "flowing with a stream of luxury cars." "Moscow has no shortage of sanctioned goods, everyone wins — except Ukraine," the TV journalist notes.

According to Sky News, to cope with the sanctions For the export of European cars, Russians use intermediaries from Georgia and Azerbaijan, who legally import vehicles from EU countries, and then, thanks to a well-organized network of contacts, deliver them to the territory of Russia. British television journalist Ed Conway comments:

"The parking lots at the checkpoint are full of luxury cars of brands such as Mercedes, Lamborghini, Porsche, BMW. Cars arrive at the border directly from dealerships in Tbilisi, and sometimes even directly from the Black Sea ports of unloading. Drivers transporting vehicles to temporary parking lots do not know where specific cars come from, but they are probably models manufactured in the UK and the European Union. After the delivery of the cars to the border, another group of people is responsible for processing the necessary documents."

Conway lists the heard ways of transporting cars in Russia.

"One of them is to register cars and go through customs in Armenia before they reach the border points in the north. Sometimes those who bring cars to Russia, they are advised to say that they travel only through Russia to Kyrgyzstan. This is so ridiculous that, apparently, everyone at the border, including the police and Georgian border guards, knows that this is not true. Eventually, cars are issued transit license plates, and they can then cross the border. Since Georgians can travel to Russia without a visa and vice versa, the transportation of cars is, in fact, a formality. The selected people leave the car on the Russian side, where the appropriate people are waiting to accept the goods. The process can even be repeated several times in one day," Conway shares his observations.

The Sky News journalist suggests that if in If such hard-to-hide goods as cars are easily imported into Russia, then it can be "safely assumed" that the same thing is happening with other goods, including military ones.

"Russia's economy remains strong, and we have Moscow has no shortage of sanctioned goods. Along the way, countries such as Georgia and Azerbaijan are showing tremendous economic growth, acting as an informal trade channel. Everyone wins — except Ukraine," the British journalist states.

In turn, Sky News adds that the import of European cars to Belarus has increased. According to the Polish Economic Institute, Germany exports to Belarus, that is, in fact to Russia, 42% of cars, followed by Poland (27%), then Lithuania (10%).