Latvia: Meticulous controls against smuggling to Russia
The EU has so far decided on 20 sanctions packages against Russia. The extensive measures mean complicated controls at the EU's external borders. Customs officers in Latvia are also seeing how the sanctions are being circumvented. By A. Bartram.
20 Sanktionspakete hat die EU bislang gegen Russland beschlossen. Die umfangreichen MaΓnahmen bedeuten an den EU-AuΓengrenzen komplizierte Kontrollen. ZΓΆllner in Lettland erleben auch, wie die Sanktionen umgangen werden. Von A. Bartram.