Elise Denjean 06h24, March 04, 2022

What consequences will the Russian-Ukrainian conflict have on our French companies?

The question arises as trade ties are severed with the country of Vladimir Putin, targeted by international sanctions.

It has become difficult to export and import.

Illustration in a Slavic grocery store in Paris.

REPORT

The consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict are already being felt in our French companies.

As commercial ties are broken with the country of Vladimir Putin, it has become difficult to export and import.

This is what Europe 1 found in a Slavic grocery store in Paris.

"It's a little complicated"

"I ordered this week, there are two, three deliveries planned. And we'll see next week!", says Nikolai, who is advancing day by day.

This Belarusian, in France for twenty years, mainly sells food products, from Russia, up to 20%.

But also from Ukraine.

This represents a quarter of its merchandise.

And he fears that he will soon run out of Russian vodka, sweets and other Slavic sweets.

"This week, I tried to stock up but with food products it's a bit complicated", he confides on Europe 1. "A little cereal, buckwheat and all that. But already in some suppliers there are limitations: two packs per store."

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"I don't know if they will come if they see the label 'Russian products'"

Nikolaï and his wholesaler, based in Germany, are already looking for alternative suppliers.

He will therefore be able to buy some similar products in Lithuania or Kazakhstan.

But even if he manages to maintain a semblance of stock, the manager fears that his grocery store is associated with the war.

"I don't know if there are Ukrainians who will come to us if they see the label 'Russian products'. And the French, I don't know, we'll see," 

In any case, one thing is certain: the French will soon no longer find souvenirs made in Russia, and Russian dolls are already starting to run out.