Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson says Moscow will defend its interests as people panic buy in Baltic Sea exclave
to its south, Kaliningrad is about 800 miles from Moscow and relies on much of its supplies coming in by rail.“If cargo transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the Russian Federation via Lithuania is not fully restored in the near future, then Russia reserves the right to take actions to protect its national interests,” it said.
Landsbergis said that under half of the goods usually supplied by transiting across Lithuania would be covered by the sanctions regime over time, with the ban on steel coming into force on 17 June. “Because there are different wind-down periods, and some of it, for example oil, will be sanctioned just at the end of the year, starting from December, even though the authorities have announced it is sanctioned already which is not true actually.”introduced following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine include coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technology.
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