Latest News: Two Russians Are on Trial for Smuggling Timber to China
On November 7, 2025, in Vladivostok time, the Transbaikal Transport Prosecutor's Office stated in a statement:
Two residents of Transbaikal will be tried (for criminal charges) for smuggling timber to China. The quantity of illegally exported timber reached 41,000 cubic meters, valued at 361 million rubles. The case has been sent to the Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky City Court in the Transbaikal Krai to consider the case. From 2017 to 2021, the defendants, as part of an organized group acting on behalf of a regulated legal entity, purchased illegally harvested timber by misdeclaring the goods and illegally exported it to China.
Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1848112974381060/
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