Putin calls on Lukashenko and Nazarbayev to confront smuggling in the Russian Federation prohibited for import of goods

President Vladimir Putin on the phone discussed with the Belarusian and Kazakhstani colleagues Alexander Lukashenko and Nursultan Nazarbayev "Coordination of actions to prevent illegal supplies to Russia through Kazakhstan and Belarus from a number of countries" prohibited for importing to the Russian Federation in response to Western sanctions against Moscow. This was announced by the Kremlin website . This topic was discussed, coupled with other issues of cooperation within the framework of the emerging Eurasian Economic Union, the message says.

Recall that the President of Belarus Lukashenko previously formally promised that there would be “complete transparency” on the border between the countries, and the products from the list of prohibited to Russia will not be transported. At the same time, he said that foreign suppliers of food on the Russian market should offer to sell their goods in Belarus with the aim of their further processing in the republic.

Experts immediately suggested that in the Belarusian territory, products prohibited in Russia could simply reap and supplythe “Belarusian goods” to the territory of the Russian Federation.

In addition, the media appeared that after the introduction of the Russian embargo for the supply of some goods and products from the USA, the European Union, Canada and Australia, some importers thought about the supply of products from the EU to the Russian Federation through Belarus . It was also reported that proposals have already appeared on the network for assistance to inspection companies with a reorientation of supplies from Russia to the countries of the Customs Union.

The leaders of the three countries did not ignore Ukraine

Putin, Lukashenko and Nazarbayev during telephone conversations on August 13 also discussed the Ukrainian issue, exchanging views on the formats of possible international efforts to promote the speedy peaceful regulation of the domestic political crisis in Ukraine, ”as the Kremlin press service said.

"Leaders expressed serious concern in connection with the severe humanitarian consequences of the military operation conducted by the Kiev authorities in the southeast of the country," and Putin informed the interlocutors about the direction of the Russian humanitarian mission to Ukraine, the report said.

The press service of the President of Kazakhstan said, for the Nazarbayev’s telephone conversation with Putin, “The possibility of a meeting of the Customs Union (RF, Belarus, Kazakhstan) and Ukraine in the third decade of August of this year in accordance with the proposal of the President of Belarus was confirmed, Interfax reports.

Putin had already held similar telephone conversations with Lukashenko and Nazarbayev on August 7 - the day after signing the decree on the introduction of food sanctions against countries in relation to countries, the authorities of which believe that Russia, having annexed Crimea, violated the territorial integrity of Ukraine and continues to destabilize the situation in the south -east of this country, where the battles between Ukrainian security forces and separatists continue.