Estonian Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Riina Sikkut signed a decree banning the state railway logistics company Operail from transporting Russian and Belarusian goods. knowledgeable Emergency channel.
Operail must stop transporting goods originating from Russia and Belarus from January 1, 2023.
The document also states that the carrier’s management has been instructed to “evaluate the ethics of the company’s commercial relations” with Russia and Belarus, and to “reject such business relationships” that serve direct trade with these two countries, and replace them with new business lines.
Last week, Yle TV channel referred to Finnish customs statistics. knowledgeableHe said that Russia’s nickel imports to Finland increased by 60% in 2022 compared to last year. At the same time, it was learned that Operail is preparing to transport Russian nickel, which is not on the list of sanctioned goods, to Finland.
According to the channel, the financial situation of the Estonian airline has deteriorated significantly in recent years. Operail lost €3.5 million from January to September 2022.
Operail president Raul Toomsalu in the first half of July knowledgeableHe said that the company wants to replace Russian goods that it can no longer transport due to sanctions, with cargoes from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.