News / Russia extends TIR restrictions to Finnish border as IRU warns of economic pain

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By Alex Lennane

27/03/2014

It’s not just its actions in Crimea and Ukraine that is causing Russia to fall foul of the international community. Last week it extended its restrictions on the use of TIR Carnets for road hauliers to include the north-west region at the Finnish-Russian border.

While the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia announced the extension, covering the Torfyanovka Customs office at the Vaalimaa border crossing on March 18, to start on March 20, the TIR was still being accepted on March ...

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