[Russia] - Russia's Luxury Car Imports Surge During Ukraine War

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
or more increased by 22% from 2021-2022, reaching an overall total of 19,800
and other goods to Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine
vehicles, followed by St
Petersburg with 2,000, according to the analysis based on Federal Tax Service data.At least 76 Russian regions registered increases in the
number of luxury vehicles last year, with the biggest percentage increases recorded in the republics of Kalmykia, Buryatia and Dagestan as
well as the Amur region.Individual owners were listed behind 12,800 luxury cars, while organizations accounted for the other 7,000.Earlier
this year, the speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament claimed that officials agreed to abandon their foreign cars in favor of
domestic-made vehicles.