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Western export bans have not reduced Russian demand for brand-name SUVs and trucks, driving a criminal network that smuggles stolen vehicles to Russia via the Middle East.

open-ended compiled from Tyler Cowen’s public statements · first recorded here 30 Aug 2026

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  1. 30 Aug 2026

    Tyler Cowen quoted

    While Western export bans have severed Russia from much of the auto market, they have not tempered the demand for brand-name SUVs and trucks. That has given rise to a sophisticated network of criminals that steals cars, hides them in shipping containers and sends them to Russia, often by way of the Middle East

    Russia markets in everythingmarginalrevolution.com

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