European Commission bans Russians from entering EU by car, with valuables
European Commission bans Russians from entering EU by car, with valuables
The European Commission has banned Russians from entering EU countries in Russia-registered cars, and from importing personal belongings. Read more.
You're viewing a single thread.
This doesn't make any sense to me. Someone's car that they drove to Germany with doesn't generate any money for Russia at all
Sell in Germany, go home, wash rinse repeat.
Why would they sell in Germany? With sanctions they can probably fetch better price in Russia.
You'd sell in Germany because you get paid in euros there. Unlike rubeles they don't devalue significantly and universally accepted (unlike yuan or rupee)
Back in 90-00s it was a booming business, seems its
I imagine that they suspect that those Russians with valuables entering the country are illegally importing them to avoid tariffs.