Despite Western sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus continue to ship timber to the EU by labeling the products as coming from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, a report by the Belarusian Investigative Center, Lithuanian Siena group, and the OCCRP says. None of the Central Asian nations are leading timber producers, while documents say their timber imports to the EU increased 66.6 times in recent months. The report says the timber marked as Kazakh or Kyrgyz is, in fact, from Russia and Belarus. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Siberia Realities, click here.
Investigation Shows Russia, Belarus Selling Timber To EU As Kazakh, Kyrgyz
The report says the timber marked as Kazakh or Kyrgyz is, in fact, from Russia and Belarus. (illustrative photo)