Despite the sanctions, luxurious foreign cars with the EU continue to import into Russia, including Estonia. The ban on export of expensive cars did not work-parallel import schemes are allowed by Lamborghini, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz freely fall into the Russian market.

Rossmi write about this. According to the IMPORT Genius customs declarations, from November 2022 to April 2024, 142 cars and 6 motorcycles with a total value of more than 18 million euros entered Russia to Russia through this country.

The investigation shows that, despite the declared sanctions, the EU could not completely stop the sale of luxury cars to Russia, and this business is not only flourishing, but also brings huge profits. The main suppliers of cars within the framework of this scheme are the Estonian company Dzallair and Hong Kong Ningbo Industries Company Limited (Nicl).

They organize supplies, officially declaring that cars are sent to Minsk (Belarus) and Baku (Azerbaijan).

However, in fact, vehicles are in Moscow, where they are sold through car dealerships. The main buyer of luxury vehicles in Russia is the Avtodom group selling VIP-auto in large cities, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tyumen and Novosibirsk. According to customs declarations, they brought them to Russia through this channel:.

Some of these machines were brought directly by MB RUS (previously the official distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Russia, now controlled by Avtodom). Among the most expensive and rare models in this party:.