{"id":101744,"date":"2026-01-26T06:13:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T04:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/made-in-germany-for-the-russian-front-eu-sanctions-circumvented-with-labels-from-uzbekistan\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T06:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T04:13:40","slug":"made-in-germany-for-the-russian-front-eu-sanctions-circumvented-with-labels-from-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/made-in-germany-for-the-russian-front-eu-sanctions-circumvented-with-labels-from-uzbekistan\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Made in Germany&#8221; for the Russian front: EU sanctions circumvented with labels from Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"573\"><strong>An illegal network for exporting goods to Russia, which are banned by sanctions, has been discovered in Germany. According to the publication <em data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"355\">Bild<\/em>, &#8220;hundreds of tons&#8221; of embargoed goods are regularly shipped through a system created by former employees of the company RusPost GmbH, the German subsidiary of the Russian Post, coordinated by the former director Dmitri V.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"1032\">In order to mask the operation, a logistics company was registered in his name in December 2022, operating solely on the basis of a PO Box in Cologne. The parcels are brought to a warehouse near Berlin-Brandenburg airport. From there, 40-ton trucks transport them to Russia, transiting through Poland and Belarus. Near the warehouse, journalists from <em data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"949\">Bild<\/em> repeatedly noticed a BMW car registered in the name of Dmitri V.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1570\">To test the scheme, the reporters sent five packages with defective electronic components, which are on the sanctions list, falsely declaring them as harmless items &#8211; books, scarves, and hats. Inside, they also hid GPS devices to track the route. The delivery cost of each package (2 kg) was 26 euros. The company&#8217;s employee refused to issue a receipt, but applied a transport label from the state postal company of Uzbekistan \u2014 UzPost, which does not have legal permission to operate in Germany.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1570\">Details, <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.themoscowtimes.com\/2026\/01\/25\/eks-glava-germanskoi-dochki-pochti-rossii-organizoval-tenevuyu-sistemu-dostavki-sanktsionnih-gruzov-vmoskvu-a185377\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An illegal network for exporting goods to Russia, which are banned by sanctions, has been discovered in Germany. 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