Since sanctions on Russian timber came into force, Estonia has started actively importing timber from countries that seemingly have no forests at all, meaning that Russian timber industry products are reaching Estonia through third countries, reports the newspaper Postimees.
Henrik Välja, head of the Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association, said that although Russian plywood is no longer on the market due to sanctions, illegal Russian timber is reaching Estonia using a simple scheme of indicating in documents that the timber comes from third countries.