For Russian distributors, this was a nightmare. Inventory dried up overnight. Spare parts became unobtainable. If you broke a wheel on your Gazelle S , you were essentially driving a $1,500 paperweight. Here is where the story gets legally interesting. In response to the exodus of Western brands, the Russian government legalized Parallel Imports in May 2022.

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But when global brands fled Russia in 2022, Cybex promised to leave, too. Or did it?