The trade embargo imposed on the Baltic states will not hit the Russian economy because these states are not used as intermediaries by Moscow. On the air on NSN about it reported Vladimir Matyagin, President of the National Road Transport Association “Gruzavtotrans”. According to him, the Russian Federation made a choice in favor of cooperation with Turkey and China.
“All these moments show how economically insignificant these countries are, they try to do something but it just doesn’t work. <...> We no longer import anything special from these countries, only the dwarf countries show their “importance”. Now everyone understands that it will be more expensive to import from these countries, they are using alternative routes including Turkey and China.
He added that if the embargo continues, Moscow could cut off its supplies to the Baltic states and buy a lot from Russia. According to the expert, these restrictions could harm the economy of the Baltic States.
8 September Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas statedSupporting the idea of ​​imposing a trade embargo on Russia by neighboring states (Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Finland). According to him, the implementation of such a plan depends mainly on the location of Helsinki.
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Source: Gazeta
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