Germany proposes additional control of sanctioned goods

Germany proposes to control who is the end user of goods,which the West sells and which are under sanctions

Berlin proposes to the EU countries to introduce control over who is the end user of technological and electronic goods that RUSSIA can use for military purposes, BLOOMBERG writes, citing German Economy Minister Robert Habek.

According to the minister, the EU has noticed an increase in exports from neighboring countries to Russia.

On the anniversary of the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the European Union agreed on the tenth package of sanctions, which, according to the HEAD of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, was supposed to close the "loopholes" to circumvent existing restrictions. Europe has tightened EXPORT restrictions on dual-use goods and technologies. In particular, they touched on rare earth metals and additional electronic components used in Russian weapons systems.

The 11th sanctions package, according to von der Leyen, will also be aimed at combating sanctions circumvention. The Telegraph, citing an EU document, wrote that members of the union are considering imposing trade sanctions on countries that, according to Brussels, are helping Russia to circumvent the restrictions imposed against it.

According to data from the Eurostat database, which was cited by Vaidotas Zemlis-Balevichius, head of data research at Euromonitor International, in March-November 2022, exports of goods from the EU to Russia fell by 47% (to €36.3 billion). But at the same time, exports from the EU to countries bordering Russia (Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan) increased by 48% (up to €20.3 billion). Cyprus, Greece, Estonia and the Czech Republic increased the export of goods subject to EU sanctions against Russia by 3–5.5 times.

Most of all last year, CHINA increased exports to Russia (by almost $10 billion compared to 2021), Belarus ($6 billion) and Turkey (about $3 billion). Zemlis-Balevichius, as well as analysts from the non-governmental organization Silverado, noted that countries neighboring Russia are becoming "transshipment points" for sanctioned goods.

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Moscow considers the sanctions illegitimate and insists that they should be lifted.