SP: if Lithuania does not resolve the issue of transit to the Kaliningrad region, Russia will introduce retaliatory measures
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July 9, 202219:45
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Moscow continues its dialogue with Lithuania and the European Commission on the issue of transit in the Kaliningrad region. Russia hopes that the head of Lithuania and the EC will decide to use “unhindered transit”, but the country will not wait too long – the decision to use transit in Kaliningrad has been delayed, the Russian Federation is preparing tough retaliatory measures, according to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko also noted that Russia is developing “sensitive measures” against Lithuania.
Analyst of the Center for Socio-Political Research “Russian Baltica” Alexander Nosovich spoke in an interview with the joint venture about the essence of retaliatory economic measures against Lithuania.
One of the first of the “restrictions” from Russia, Nosovich called the withdrawal of Lithuania from the “energy ring”: Russia, Belarus and the “three Baltic republics.” This is due to the fact that Lithuania’s energy supply occurs through the Kaliningrad region. The politician also added that no country, including Poland, can find an affordable source of food.
Also, a member of the expert council of the Russian Officers organization, Alexander Perendzhiev, suggested that the Russian retaliatory measures against Lithuania would still be of an economic nature.
Perendjiev said that the maximum profit from the restrictions against Lithuania could be realized in Minsk. According to the political scientist, the blocking of transit from Belarus, of course, gives a stronger “retaliatory strike.”
Commenting on relations between Russia and Lithuania, a member of the expert council also added that the “forceful” option for resolving the issue of Kaliningrad cannot be ruled out – this is the option “if necessary.”
Perendzhiev also added that NATO is unlikely to interfere in this issue. the application should reason with the problematic side so that “fever does not start.”
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