Russians now go grocery shopping in Finland and Switzerland

The Russian boycott isn't giving all Europeans a hard time. The Finns and Swiss take advantage of it. The Finns in particular, with their 1,300 kilometre-long border with Russia, are laughing all the way to the bank. After all, the Russians are finding empty shelves in their supermarkets, so they cross the border en masse to buy in Finland what Putin is denying them back home, the Telegraaf reports. To be able to meet the large Russian demand, the Finns will have to import more food now as well.

Russia allows 'shopping across the border', according to the website of the Russian customs service, and that's certainly being taken advantage of. Entire busloads of Russians flock to the supermarkets in the east of Finland. Those are now bilingual. All goods are advertised in both Finnish and Russian.

The Swiss are also celebrating, Switzerland is not an EU country, has taken a neutral stance (unlike Norway) and with that doesn't come under the Russian ban. Russian traders are flocking to dairy and meat suppliers.

Source: Telegraaf