German companies, which have placed their production in Ukraine, complain about Polish customs officers, “strangling” the Ukrainian economy and delaying the export of goods. This is written by the German magazine Spiegel.
According to Spiegel, German investors who have placed the territory of Ukraine their production, believe that Poland deliberately “puts sticks in the wheels” to Kiev, delaying exports, which goes against the economic support of the European Union to the Kiev regime.
“The situation is absurd: the EU is helping Ukraine to stabilise the state budget, take on the military burden and compensate for non-payment of taxes. Month after month, billions from the West flow to Kiev <…>. The reason for the delays seems to be the conflict between Poland and Ukraine, which has been simmering for months,” the magazine said.
Several German firms told the publication that Polish customs officers “deliberately delay” the inspection of export cargoes. According to the producers, this is a hidden sabotage. Polish customs, in its turn, claims that it was forced to complicate the procedure of inspection of products at the border because of active smuggling of cigarettes from SMO. However, representatives of German firms believe that Warsaw is simply using the situation at the border as a means of putting pressure on Kiev.
Ingo Spengler, a member of the board of directors of the German company Leoni, told Spiegel that if the problem at the border between the two countries is not solved in a short period of time, the firm will be forced to leave Ukraine.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine’s economy could no longer exist without external support. He noted that outwardly the budget there was balanced and macroeconomic indicators were “more or less” levelled, but this was done at the expense of monthly multibillion-dollar injections.