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Sanctions-hit Russia turned a blind eye to the huge number of cheap Chinese cars being imported from Kyrgyzstan last year. No longer.
There will not have been much joking around in Kyrgyzstan on April 1.
Since Russia embarked on its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, precipitating a mass pullout of Western businesses, re-exporters in Kyrgyzstan have been making bank.
No sector has proven more profitable than the car market.
With Russian motorists unable to buy Western auto brands, t…
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