Mosocw: According to Reuters, who noted that the majority of the products are simple to find, the exodus of Western businesses from Russia has had little of an effect on the country's consumers.
The main change, according to the news source, has been in the supply routes, but the products are still offered both online and in physical stores, despite possible delays in delivery and higher prices for some items.
According to the report, the vast majority of the products are legal because they are not prohibited by Western sanctions.
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Reuters review of six major online marketplaces and conversations with a dozen buyers and sellers, a diverse range of imported goods is flooding the Russian market.
"Contacts were quickly established, and new contracts with new partners were signed, new money flows and logistical supply chains were launched with Turkish, Polish, and Kazakh companies," an unnamed senior employee at a major retailer told the outlet. "However, as is customary, the buyer bears the brunt of these new inconveniences," he adds.
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The Russian government authorised retailers to import products from other countries without the permission of the trademark owner in March. The 'parallel imports' mechanism was legalised in order to supply the market with goods that Western companies had stopped delivering due to sanctions. According to official statistics
Ram Ben Tzion, CEO of digital vetting platform Publican, told Reuters that as new routes are developed, the extra logistics, travel, and scaling costs will be reduced.
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"The parallel importing mechanisms have been consolidated and expanded," he said, pointing to the lines of trucks at the border and new entities emerging in neighbouring countries.