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Russia has demanded that Vilnius immediately reverse new restrictions on shipments of Russian goods that are subject to EU sanctions through Lithuanian ...

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Riga, Jun 20 (EFE).- Lithuania's railways Monday denied cutting off transit between Russia and its Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad after Russian officials ...

“Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (LTG/Lithuanian Railways) has not imposed any unilateral, individual or additional restrictions on it. The EU sanctions on rail transit shipments from Russia via Belarus to the Russian enclave would cut imports and exports of goods to and from Kaliningrad by 40 to 50%, Kaliningrad governor Anton Alichanov told media outlets. But when the war between Russia and Ukraine was raging in March, the Lithuanian government said it was asking for additional EU funds to upgrade security with cameras and helicopter patrols along the rail route from the border with Belarus to the border with Kaliningrad.

Lithuania was not acting unilaterally and was only applying EU sanctions when it decided to ban the transit of some goods to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, ...

“Russia reserves the right to take actions to protect its national interests” if cargo transit from Kaliningrad to the rest of the country via Lithuania is not restored in full soon, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement. Russia had threatened to retaliate against Lithuania’s “openly hostile” restrictions after Vilnius halted the rail transport of Russian goods under EU sanctions to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, wedged between Lithuania and Poland, earlier on Monday morning. Borrell said that the EU nonetheless would “double-check” the EU guidelines to check that they “completely aligned” with any kind of rule.

The Russian foreign ministry will summon on Tuesday European Union ambassador to Moscow Markus Ederer over Lithuania's ban of the transit of goods under EU ...

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Russia on Monday threatened retaliation against Lithuania after it banned goods in transit to Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave located along the Baltic Sea.

The bloc said it has excluded products related to health, pharma, food and agriculture. Kaliningrad Governor Anton Alikhanov has estimated that the ban would affect some 50% of all goods flowing towards Kaliningrad by rail. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said his country was simply implementing sanctions imposed by the EU, of which it is a member.

Lithuania on Monday defended its decision to bar rail transit from Russia to a Russian Baltic Sea exclave of goods hit by European Union sanctions, ...

As part of its economic sanctions, the EU has imposed a number of import and export restrictions on Russia. The bloc said it has been careful not to harm the Russian population with its packages of measures and therefore excluded products related to health, pharma, food and agriculture. He added that the transit of passengers and goods that are not sanctioned is continuing. Anton Alikhanov, the governor of the Russian exclave, has estimated that the ban would affect some 50% of all goods flowing toward Kaliningrad by rail. The foreign ministry summoned Lithuania's chief diplomatic representative in Moscow for a formal protest and alleged the Baltic nation was acting in breach of international agreements. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said his country was simply implementing sanctions imposed by the EU, of which it is a member. "This decision, indeed unprecedented, is a violation of everything and then some.

Russian foreign ministry demands Lithuania reverse the ban of the transit of goods through its territory; warning Moscow would respond to protect its ...

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NATO military planners have long been concerned about Russia's strategic Kaliningrad exclave. Wedged in between Poland and Lithuania, the chunk of Russian territory with fewer than half a million people has been a fixture in the security architecture ...

As Russia recovered its economic strength, buoyed by continued energy exports to Europe and a resumption of trade that has European industry majors returning to the Russian market, it would also be able to start rebuilding its military capabilities. With the Baltic Sea in the hands of NATO, resupply by sea would be at the mercy of the alliance. And it would be associated with Belarus remaining within the Russian camp, fostering even deeper bonds between the two militarized autocracies. Such an outcome would allow the Russian regime to save face, thus removing the threat of regime change via a coup. An alternative scenario would occur if the Western resolve to stand by Ukraine erodes over time, and Kyiv is forced to accept a settlement. It retains its strategic location in the southern Baltic, and it has the capability of launching nuclear missile strikes against Warsaw, an option that has featured in war games. Already depleted from having contributed troops to the war in Ukraine, the military outpost would find itself surrounded by hostile forces. Another is that the Swedish and Finnish air forces, which now have ample experience in joint operations, would constitute a formidable problem for Russian aviation. In the case of Finland and Sweden in NATO, that calculus changes beyond recognition. The alternative would be a combined airlift and naval convoy proceeding up the Baltic past Kaliningrad’s missile batteries. As shown in numerous war-gaming exercises, a Russian armed invasion of Estonia, for example, could have been swift and would have presented NATO with a fait accompli. The scenarios hinge on how that war ends and if the regime in Belarus survives.

Lithuania is enforcing sanctions on goods shipped to Kaliningrad, which is surrounded by NATO members and physically separated from the rest of Russia.

Lithuania said in mid-June that it will bar the transit of Kaliningrad-bound goods sanctioned by the E.U., including coal, metals and construction materials, through its territory. The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, hundreds of miles west of the rest of the country, is the latest flash point between Moscow and the rest of Europe as the fallout from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war reverberates beyond Ukraine. The Kremlin called the move “unprecedented and illegal” and summoned the E.U.’s top diplomat in Moscow to complain.

Russia will summon EU ambassador to Moscow Markus Ederer on Tuesday amid a dispute about the transit of goods through Lithuanian territory to the ...

"Lithuania has not imposed any unilateral, individual, or additional restrictions on the transit." "There is no blockade," he told reporters. "This is, of course, a situation, that can be resolved by diplomatic means," Alikhanov told Russian television.

Putin ally Nikolai Patrushev (r) says Lithuania's hostile actions shows Russia can't trust the West. One of President Vladimir Putin's top allies has warned ...

"Their consequences will have a serious negative impact on the population of Lithuania." Lithuania said the ban on the transit of sanctioned goods across its territory was merely the implementation of EU sanctions, part of a swathe of measures intended to punish Putin for the invasion of Ukraine. One of President Vladimir Putin's top allies has warned Lithuania that Russia will respond to a halt in the transit of EU-sanctioned goods to the exclave of Kaliningrad in a way that will hurt the citizens of the NATO and EU member.

One of President Vladimir Putin's top allies has warned Lithuania that Russia would respond to a halt in the transit of EU-sanctioned goods to the exclave ...

The EU's envoy to Moscow urged Russia on Tuesday to refrain from "escalatory steps and rhetoric" over what Moscow calls "anti-Russian restrictions" on goods transiting between Kaliningrad and the rest of Russia, an EU spokesperson said. Kaliningrad, formerly the port of Koenigsberg, capital of East Prussia, was captured from Nazi Germany by the Red Army in April 1945 and ceded to the Soviet Union after World War II. - Kaliningrad, capital of East Prussia, was captured from Nazi Germany by the Red Army in April 1945 and ceded to the Soviet Union after World War Two

Lithuanian ban on transit of sanctioned goods across its territory to and from Russian region has angered Kremlin.

That could cut off Lithuania and Latvia, which are north of the gap, from Poland and the rest of the EU south of it. No. The EU’s ambassador to Russia was called in for a reprimand on Tuesday. The bellicose language of retaliation from the Kremlin has gone up a gear. Russia’s security council head, Nikolai Patrushev, said on Tuesday that there would be “serious consequences” for Lithuanians “in the near future”. The EU has called for calm and a diplomatic solution. Russia’s foreign ministry accused Lithuania of breaking international law and a series of agreements on the facilitation of transit from mainland Russia that had been agreed in 2004. The Kremlin has accused Lithuania of blockading its citizens. The government says is it has merely acted on European Commission guidelines.

MOSCOW. Russia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned Markus Ederer, the European Union's ambassador to Moscow, over Lithuania's decision to ban transit of ...

Moscow conveyed its “decisive protest” to Ederer over the “unilateral anti-Russian restrictions on cargo transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the Russian Federation,” read a Foreign Ministry statement. Vilnius has barred the transit of goods subject to EU sanctions through Lithuanian territory to and from the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad. Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned Markus Ederer, the European Union’s ambassador to Moscow, over Lithuania’s decision to ban transit of goods under EU sanctions to Kaliningrad.

One of Vladimir Putin's top allies has warned Lithuania that Russia will respond to a halt in the transit of EU-sanctioned goods to Kaliningrad.

Lithuania said the ban on the transit of sanctioned goods across its territory was merely the implementation of EU sanctions, part of a swathe of measures intended to punish Mr Putin for the invasion of Ukraine. With East-West relations at a half-century low over Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, Lithuania banned the transit of goods sanctioned by the European Union through Lithuanian territory to and from the exclave, citing EU sanction rules. One of President Vladimir Putin’s top allies has warned Lithuania that Russia will respond to a halt in the transit of EU-sanctioned goods to the exclave of Kaliningrad in a way that will hurt the citizens of the NATO and EU member.

Lithuanian officials said they imposed the restrictions beginning on June 20 in an effort to shore up punitive measures that followed Russia's ongoing ...

The Kremlin, meanwhile, dispatched one of President Vladimir Putin's top allies to Kaliningrad, where he warned that "appropriate measures" will be taken by Moscow "in the near future." The Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on Tuesday that EU Ambassador to Moscow Markus Ederer was informed of the "inadmissibility of such actions" and warned "retaliation will follow" if the restrictions aren't removed immediately. Russia has summoned the European Union's envoy to Moscow to "strongly" protest new restrictions on goods shipments to its Kaliningrad exclave through EU member Lithuania while threatening the Baltic state with "retaliation."

Tensions are mounting around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, an isolated but strategically significant territory on the Baltic coast that could soon be ...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Lithuania has urged NATO to increase the deployment of troops on its territory. It has a population of around one million, the majority of whom live within or near the capital city of the same name. But Kaliningrad's significance comes mostly from where it lies on the map. [Lithuania] hasn't imposed any unilateral, individual, or additional restrictions on the transit & is acting fully in accordance with EU law." Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, said, "Russia will certainly respond to such hostile actions. Their consequences will have a serious negative impact on the Lithuanian population," according to Russia's RIA Novosti state-owned news agency.

KALININGRAD published a list of goods banned by Lithuania from crossing via the Baltic country to the Russian enclave today, with Moscow insisting that it ...

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Lithuania banned the transit of certain goods to Russia's Kaliningrad region over EU sanctions.

- The eastern city of Severodonetskhas been subjected to heavy shelling by Russian forces, the regional governor says. When it comes to "national security", Kaliningrad is a key location. This thorough analysis will be carried out over the next few days." What actions and when? international law". Russian officials are furious with Lithuania - and the EU - over the ban on the transit of some goods to Kaliningrad. They're likening it to a blockade.

Lithuania imposed a ground transit ban of EU sanctioned Russian goods through its territory that will block half of all goods coming into the Russian ...

Lithuania consistently implements EU sanctions, which have different transition periods and dates of entry into force.” Kaliningrad is the only Russian port on the Baltic Sea that is ice-free year round and is an important launch point for the nation’s naval fleet. In March, the U.S. bolstered its presence in Lithuania, bringing the number of soldiers stationed in the country to around 1,000. Kaliningrad relies heavily on imports from Russia for goods and materials. The move comes on top of the EU flight ban of 21 Russian-certified airlines in April, preventing goods from being flown into Kaliningrad as well. The ban will also cut off Kaliningrad’s only oil pipeline from Russia.

Putin ally Nikolai Patrushev (r) says Lithuania's hostile actions shows Russia can't trust the West. One of President Vladimir Putin's top allies has warned ...

"Their consequences will have a serious negative impact on the population of Lithuania." Lithuania said the ban on the transit of sanctioned goods across its territory was merely the implementation of EU sanctions, part of a swathe of measures intended to punish Putin for the invasion of Ukraine. One of President Vladimir Putin's top allies has warned Lithuania that Russia will respond to a halt in the transit of EU-sanctioned goods to the exclave of Kaliningrad in a way that will hurt the citizens of the NATO and EU member.

Russia threatens "serious" consequences for Lithuania over its blockage of a key rail line, a senior US official visits a border town and pictures show ...

And the Institute for the Study of War has released its latest summary of the situation on the ground. Here's the latest on the war in Ukraine. Russia has threatened a "serious negative impact" following Lithuania's decision to ban transport to its isolated territory of Kaliningrad, the US Attorney-General Merrick Garland has paid a visit to a border town, and the infamous Snake Island is back on the radar.

Rail links between mainland Russia and the exclave must go through Lithuania, which has started enforcing EU sanctions against Moscow. That means blocking ...

All Putin has to do to solve his Kaliningrad problem is to recognize the borders of Ukraine and other states — and stop being an aggressor. It did the same with everything from Alsace in the west to Silesia in the east. It is, in short, the opposite of Putin’s worldview. Post-war Germany, to howls of protests by its refugees from East Prussia, accepted the loss of Koenigsberg as final. For a time, it was even the continent’s eastern outpost of the Enlightenment, where Immanuel Kant (who never in his life ventured more than a few miles from his hometown) mused on “pure reason” and “perpetual peace” among nations. That change in Kaliningrad’s status didn’t matter much at the time. In the 13th century, the (German-speaking) Teutonic Knights showed up and founded a very martial monastic state. But along the way, Koenigsberg was also a venue for European civilization at its most exalted. In reply, Vilnius and Brussels are pointing out that the new restrictions are not a blockade but simply compliance. The area was at one point or another claimed, governed, fought over and lost by just about every rival power in the vicinity. As a member of the EU, Lithuania must enforce the bloc’s rules, including its sanctions. Kaliningrad is certainly armed to the teeth.