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Because at some point the manufacturers will need to choose whether to comply with sanctions, or get cut of the Western markets. Russian market is relatively w
by trasz 4y ago
Because at some point the manufacturers will need to choose whether to comply with sanctions, or get cut of the Western markets. Russian market is relatively worthless, so it's not a hard choice, and we're already seeing Chinese vendors leaving Russia.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoVendors are greedy and sanctions are relatively easy to dodge, especially if the customs are told not to interfere too thoroughly. If anything, Apple hardware in Russia now costs ~20% less than it did in January. iPhone 14 is already available, too. Maybe the situation will change in the future, but no sooner than when EU will stop buying oil and gas from Putin.
- trasz 4y agoVendors being greedy doesn't explain why they would risk losing access to a very profitable markets for a worthless one. Sanctions are slow. Kazakhstan, for example, only blocked truck transit from EU to Russia a couple days ago.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoVendors do not risk anything. They offload the shipment to a real buyer who then transports goods without vendor officially knowing anything. This buyer can very well be a company established for this one shipment, so no ends are ever found. And regarding Kazakhstan and transit problems - it has nothing to do with sanctions. See this article with more or less coherent explanation of an issue [0] (it's in Russian but Google translate should help) [0]: https://iz.ru/1397573/anastasiia-lvova-elnar-bainazarov/gruznaia-istoriia-kazakhstan-zaderzhivaet-rossiiskie-avtopoezda-s-tovarami-iz-es https://iz.ru/1397573/anastasiia-lvova-elnar-bainazarov/gruz...