BOFIT Viikkokatsaus / BOFIT Weekly Review 2016/07
The situation is made more problematic for Russia by the fact that it already has a similar blockade in force with Poland. That bilateral transport agreement expired at the start of this month and negotiations on a new agreement have stalled over transport permit quotas. While economic effects of the transport feuds are likely to remain limited for Russia as a whole, the transport sector faces extra costs as do some firms that have to revise their logistics chains.