The Central Office for the Enforcement of Sanctions of the German Customs (Die Zentralstelle fur Sanktionsdurchsetzung, ZfS) announced on August 12 that it had conducted searches at the offices of two companies in Berlin on suspicion of violating the law governing the application of economic sanctions.
The ZfS did not name the companies, but Russian media reported that the searches had affected the subsidiary of the Russian Post Company (RusPost GmbH) in Berlin.
RusPost is located in the southern part of Berlin and has a high-tech logistics hub covering an area of 2,100 square meters.
On its website, RusPost warns customers: “Being a social responsible company, we do our best in providing high quality services aimed to increase the well-being of society.With regard to the EU sanctions, we would like to point out that we are legally bound to carry out sanctions list checks and to check all shipments in accordance with the sanctions.”
Russian Post is a federal postal and logistics operator, and the leader of the Russian market for e-commerce. It is one of the largest employers in Russia, with more than 330,000 employees. According to the results of the first six months of 2024, the company earned a gross profit of 1.3 billion rubles, after losing 1.2 billion in the first half of 2023 – for the first time since 2019 this indicator has been in a positive area during the low season. Revenue increased by 3 percent to 106.4 billion.
