An executive order banning European Union haulage trucks crossing into Russia’s territory is aggravating the economic situation for both Russia and the European Union. Besides the European Union, the ban also affects international cargo transport on Russian territory for transport companies from Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Norway.
The ban applies to two way transportation, transit, and transportation from or to a third country, and will be valid from October 10 until December 31, 2022. On the other side, from April 8, any Russian and Belarusian automobile transport enterprise has been banned from cargo transportation, including transit carriage, into the European Union.
In late September, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed an an Executive Order On Some Aspects of International Road Transport of Goods. Under the Executive Order, the government of the Russian Federation is authorized to adopt a ban on international road transport of goods across the territory of the Russian Federation for vehicles of international carriers registered in the states that have adopted restrictions against citizens of the Russian Federation and Russian legal entities in the area of international road transport of goods.
Source: moderndiplomacy.eu