Iran Press/ Europe: In recent days, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions held referenda on their status, voting by large majorities to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation. The Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics also held referenda, but only on joining Russia - both republics voted heavily in favor of accession
In Moscow, President Vladimir V. Putin signed decrees to absorb the regions, a move that he called the will of the people.
In recent days, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions held referenda on their status, voting by large majorities to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation. The Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics also held referenda, but only on joining Russia - both republics voted heavily in favor of accession.
"We’ve been waiting precisely for this decree for months now. We proposed not to completely ban the import of merchandise but to introduce restrictions on trucks entering Russia so that cargos are handed over at the border. European carriers will enter the border zone and hand over the cargos to our carriers," President of the Gruzavtotrans Association Vladimir Matyagin told Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
According to him, this will help those Russian truckers who lost their jobs due to the sanctions to transport merchandise domestically.
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Executive Director of BMJ Logistics Alexey Yakushev told Kommersant that back in April, when the EU banned Russian and Belarusian transport carriers from crossing their borders, European logistics operators began preparing for retaliatory measures, actively wrapping up their activity in Russia.
"So this ban will most likely affect small and medium-sized companies in the EU’s transport sector who continue to deliver cargos to Russia," he said, noting that domestic carriers would only win while those companies involved in imports from Europe would most likely shoulder additional expenses.
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