The import of European cars is prohibited in accordance with the sanctions of Great Britain and the EU.
Russians can still buy luxury cars of well-known European brands, although their official import into the Russian Federation is prohibited . One of the most important helpers in circumventing Western restrictions is Georgia.
Sky News noted that direct exports of banned goods to Russia had certainly fallen to zero, but they had suddenly risen sharply for a number of Russia’s neighbors. Suddenly, Britain started sending equipment for drones to Kyrgyzstan and exporting luxury cars to Azerbaijan, and in huge quantities. At the same time, Azerbaijan itself suddenly began to export luxury cars to other countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia, including Georgia and Kazakhstan, although it does not produce them.
One group of people is engaged in the delivery of cars to the border. For the most part, they don’t know where the cars come from. After driving the cars to the border, they leave them in parking lots, where they stand, until they issue the necessary documents. This process is not without difficulties. After the introduction of sanctions by European countries, Georgia introduced its own ban on sending cars to Russia, but there are many loopholes that allow cars to be imported into Russian territory.
One way is to register the car and go through customs control in Armenia before going to the Russian checkpoint “Lars”. Sometimes those who take cars to Russia are advised to say that they are going only in transit through Russia to Kyrgyzstan.
In the end, these cars receive transit registration marks, after which they can be driven across the border, and since Georgian citizens can freely enter the Russian Federation, they can easily transport the car across the border and then return home.
