Thursday, May 18, 2023

Estonian PM Kallas Pleads With Local Companies To Stop Ghost Trade With Russia

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas

ERR News: FT: Kallas pleads with local companies to stop trade with Russia 

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) told UK newspaper the Financial Times that she had to "plead" with companies to find a "moral compass" and decline deals that may result in Moscow accessing sanctioned goods. 

The paper's recent investigation into Russian sanctions evasion identified $1 billion of goods having disproportionately passed through the Baltic states, believed to be part of Moscow's "ghost trade". Local companies have also been involved.

"Kallas accused local companies of hypocrisy, telling them: "You are very vocal about . . . Ukraine and Russia and security . . . but in a hidden way . . . you are agreeing [with Moscow]"." the paper wrote. 

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have seen a rise in exports to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia transiting through Russia.  

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WNU Editor: We are talking about a billion dollars .... EU Goods Worth $1 Billion In Transit Through Russia Fail To Reach Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (RFE). 

Update: Here are 5 ways Russia is sidestepping sanctions .... 5 ways Russia's been sidestepping Western sanctions and keeping its economy alive, from switching to the Chinese yuan and dabbling in ghost trades (Insider).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

every hot girl has her phase and validity, this one was already good, even at an advanced age, she still tries with her glamor to deceive her people? what does she say about the lack of resources and falling birth rates? we still have the floods, because Putin's BEST weapon is to launch many floods against them and that's it, the War is over, just use the weather antennas or warheads that raise waves from the waters

Anonymous said...

i think that's a stretch.