In the United Kingdom, an illegal car importation has been revealed in the UK

The Russian Federation has established a "gray" scheme of import of elite cars from the UK to bypassing sanctions. They are delivered transit through post -Soviet countries. Dear British cars continue to be imported to Russia, despite sanctions. Imports were established in transit through Azerbaijan. This is evidenced by the results of the Sky News investigation. It is known that the official import of cars in the Russian Federation from the United Kingdom was stopped after sanctions.

However, journalists noticed that there was a sharply demand for British cars in Azerbaijan. In 2023, cars from Britain were imported to this country by 1860% more than 5 years before - worth £ 273 million ($ 348. 7 million). This is comparable to the volume of supplies of machines in the Russian Federation before the start of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine.

At the same time, it is noted that according to the UN, the volume of car exports from Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan to Russia increased sharply. In the first case, it is mainly about British models, in the second - about German. In the UK government, they are concerned about such "gray" schemes of supply of cars in the Russian Federation through post -Soviet countries bypassing sanctions, especially since there is a separate ban on importing gorgeous machines.

The average cost of British cars delivered to Azerbaijan is £ 106. 7 thousand ($ 135,500). Specific stamps and models are not called, but it is known that such a price segment includes Bentley, Jaguar, Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin cars. Representatives of Rolls-Royce and Bentley deny the direct supply of cars to the Russian Federation and declare the desire to comply with sanctions.

In particular, the Rolls-Royce spokesman said: "Rolls-Royce Motor Cars stopped production and supply of cars for the Russian market at the end of February 2022-before the introduction of international trade sanctions. Meanwhile, the government has imposed far-reach What a new Rolls-Royce car has been imported to Russia since late February 2022, it was done without Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. " Earlier, Focus said that the first Rolls-Royce electric vehicle appeared in Ukraine.