Last year, Germany imported nearly 94.6% fewer goods from Russia than before the war in Ukraine began. On Wednesday, the Federal Statistical Office, Destatis, reported that goods worth €1.8 billion (around $2 billion) were imported from Russia in 2024. In 2021, before the EU’s 17 sanctions packages against Russia, imports amounted to €33.1 billion.
Exports to Russia also fell significantly, by 71.6%. In 2024, Germany supplied Russia with goods worth €7.6 billion, compared to €26.6 billion in 2021. Russia’s share of total imports to Germany fell to just over 0.1% in 2024, compared to 2.8% before the Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
Last year, Germany achieved its largest export surplus with Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Exports exceeded imports by €5.8 billion — the fourth time since 1993 that there was an export surplus, after 2023, 2020, and 1993.
Don’t worry, they are just laundering them through Turkiye :(
Can’g have shit in Turkiye…
All because of [no, i’m not gonna say his name]
Wonder how much longer Vlad can afford those troll farms…
Unfortunately those are insanely cheap to operate for how effective they are. If anything they’ll invest even more in hacker groups and the like to generate income similar to the North Korean model. Though the Russian economy looks extremely dire. They can only keep up appearances for so long until inflation spirals out of control. A war economy needs meaningful military accomplishments to function and so far they’ve had none to really speak of. At least not compared to what they have to give up for it.
Yeah well, one can dream
I think if they all shut down yesterday, the damage is done. it’s just ‘regular discourse’ now
