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War in Ukraine: Russia threatens Lithuania with reprisals after restrictions on transit to the enclave of Kaliningrad

2022-06-20T12:12:21.764Z


Moscow said Vilnius had introduced restrictions on the transit of goods hit by EU sanctions. Russian diplomacy denounced Monday, June 30 the introduction of “ hostile ” restrictions on the rail transit, via Lithuania, of goods to the enclave of Kaliningrad, threatening reprisals if they are not lifted. To discover LIVE - Follow the latest information the day after the second round Find all the results of the legislative elections Follow information on the war in Ukraine with the Figaro


Russian diplomacy denounced Monday, June 30 the introduction of “

hostile

” restrictions on the rail transit, via Lithuania, of goods to the enclave of Kaliningrad, threatening reprisals if they are not lifted.

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Moscow said Vilnius had introduced over the weekend restrictions on the transit of goods hit by European sanctions adopted after the Russian offensive against Ukraine.

We have demanded (to Lithuania, editor’s note) the immediate lifting of these restrictions

”, said Russian diplomacy in a press release.

If transit "

is not restored in full, then Russia reserves the right to act to defend its national interests

", she underlined in this same document which indicates that the Lithuanian charge d'affaires in Moscow had been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Violation of a 2002 agreement, according to Moscow

The situation is more than serious

,” noted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, saying that “an

in-depth analysis was necessary to develop the replies

”.

Pending a possible evolution of the situation, the governor of Kalinigrad announced that the goods concerned by the restrictions would be transported to the enclave by ship “

within a week

”.

The Russian region of Kaliningrad is an enclave on the shores of the Baltic Sea, separated from the rest of Russia and bordering only EU and NATO countries.

According to Moscow, the transit sanctions violate a 2002 Russia-EU agreement.

Russia has no right to threaten Lithuania

,” reacted the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Dmytro Kouleba.

We welcome Lithuania's principled position and strongly support our Lithuanian friends

,” he added on Twitter.

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Kaliningrad was a Prussian city called Königsberg until it was conquered by the Soviet Union in 1945, when it defeated Nazi Germany.

With the independence of the Baltic States from the USSR in 1991, the territory found itself landlocked.

Against the backdrop of growing tensions between Russia and the West for a decade, Moscow said it had deployed Iskander missiles there, capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Source: lefigaro

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