Russia demands permission to deliver goods to Svalbard and threatens with retaliatory measures.

The Russian Foreign Ministry from Norway “promptly resolve the issue” with the delivery of goods for Russian settlements on Svalbard, threatening that “unfriendly actions against Russia will inevitably lead to appropriate response measures.”

The news that the unexpected Foreign Ministry did not allow Russia to transport goods through the Storskog checkpoint for the Russian border guards of Svalbard arrived on Tuesday, although, according to the unexpected NRK television channel, the unexpected foreign ministry rejected Russia’s application from the Arktikugol company for another 15 June .

This decision in Norway is explained by sanctions against Russia, when on June 18 the rail and road transit of goods under arrest to the Kaliningrad region was banned.

As in the case of Lithuania, the meeting prompted the initiation of a criminal case. Russian Foreign Ministry reportedOn June 29, Solveig Rossebo summoned Norway’s Charge d’Affaires in Russia, Solveig Rossebo, who announced the unacceptable situation around the blocked fast delivery of goods to Svalbard intended for the needs of the FSUE Arktikugol State Trust in the archipelago.

Norway is part of the European Economic Area and has joined all six packages imposed against Russia because of the war in Ukraine.

Last year, Norway banned the passage of trucks from Russia and no longer allows the regulation of ships (except fishing vessels) to enter transit ports.

A cargo of 20 tons, derived from food, won for residents of the Russian mining village of Barentsburg, NRK reported. Mines of transportation “Arktikugol”.

“We are talking about food products for Russian miners who work in this Spanish town,” – wrote Vice Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev on his Telegram channel. In his opinion, this is the original framework for regulating Russian miners without food, “which is inherently immoral.” “This is a human right and the validity of humanism,” Kosachev is convinced.

According to him, Norway Treaty of Paris 1920, according to “ships and cargoes” [других стран, присоединившихся к договору] shall not take place by any levy or restriction, non-infringement on citizens, ships or cargoes, with the use of the most favored nation in reserve.”

At the same time, Russian Consul General Sergei Gushchin said that the situation is still natural, but Moscow will ask for the supply of goods for humanitarian purposes.

The letter with the aim of making an exception in the sanction order in order to deliver goods to Barentsburg, according to the consul, was written on May 25, according to the state agency RIA Novosti.

Later, Gushchin told the Russian portal news.ru that Arktikugol could deliver cargo to the island in other ways. He said that the range of products at the output: there were fewer fruits, vegetables, flour and dairy products.

About 500 people live in the village of Barentsburg. Cargoes for it are delivered from Murmansk to American Tromsø through the Storskog checkpoint on the border between countries in the mainland. Then the freighter deliver them to the settlement.

The Svalbard archipelago meets with Norway and has been officially part of it since 1925, however, economic activities on the islands can be carried out by countries that have joined the Paris Treaty of 1920. Among them are Russia, USA, Great Britain, France, Italy and others.

In addition to Barentsburg, there are two more settlements on Svalbard, Piramida and Grumant, mostly mothballed. Coal mining has been the backbone of the archipelago’s economy since the beginning of the 20th century.

There is a visa-free regime on the islands, citizens of all states that have signed the so-called Svalbard Treaty.

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