Lithuania halts all trains entering Kaliningrad due to Sanctions starting at midnight. Once again Lithuania steps up!
Why this is important is this is how Russia and Kaliningrad transport most items back and forth. This is a pretty big deal. I wanna laugh where he says it will hurt financially. Yeah thats called SANCTIONS.
So I can't post the links to the articles here because one is Telegram and one is TASS but I will copy the content. There is a link to a tweet where you can see the source.
https://twitter.com/tass_agency/status/1537888005150478338?t=Dvrd7CoTfq34POChpP1MDg&s=19
Lithuanian Railways notifies Kaliningrad of cessation of transit of sanctioned goods
Governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov noted that the ban would require urgent delivery of new vessels to the Ust-Luga-Baltiysk ferry line
KALININGRAD, June 17. /TASS/. The Lithuanian Railways notified Kaliningrad that from midnight the transit of a number of goods going to the region through the territory of Lithuania was stopped. This was announced in his Telegram channel by the Governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov.
"Lithuanian railways have notified Kaliningrad railways that from 00:00 tomorrow they will stop transiting a large list of goods from the Kaliningrad region and to the Kaliningrad region that fall under European sanctions," Alikhanov wrote.
The governor noted that from 40 to 50% of the range of goods that were transported between the regions of the Russian Federation and the Kaliningrad region fell under the ban. "These are goods, including building materials, cement, metals, and a number of other important both for construction and for the production of finished products, which were exported from our territory," he explained.
The current situation will require urgent deployment of new vessels on the Ust-Luga-Baltiysk line, Alikhanov emphasized. "We are already working with federal departments - with the Ministry of Transport, with the Russian Railways, Rosmorport, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other departments in order, firstly, to get clarifications from the European Commission, to try to get the right clarifications, because we believe that this is a gross violation of the protocols for the accession of the Baltic states to the EU. This is a violation of the rules of free transit to and from the Kaliningrad region," Alikhanov noted, stressing that free transit to the region is an obligation of the EU and an obligation of the Baltic states.
"This is such a serious humanitarian issue. This is an attempt to strangle our region. And of course we will seek to revise this kind of clarification. And if this cannot be achieved quickly, by an operational method, then, of course, we are already resolving the issue so that put new ships - those that are now free in the Baltic, on the Ust-Luga - Baltiysk line, in order to ensure the rhythmic work of our industry and the functioning of our regional economy," the Kaliningrad governor added.
Alikhanov said that on Saturday and Sunday the regional authorities would deal with the problem. "If necessary, we will also turn to the federal center for assistance in terms of subsidizing these [ferry] transportations. Because objectively, the cost of logistics will most likely increase," he believes. "I am sure that we will be able to get support and we will ensure that the situation does not worsen for our entrepreneurs, for the people who work at our enterprises," Alikhanov emphasized.