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Russia slams Lithuania's 'hostile' restrictions
On rail transit to Kaliningrad
20 June, 15:28 (ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, JUN 20 - Russia's foreign ministry on
Monday demanded the immediate lifting of Lithuania's "openly
hostile" restrictions on the rail transit of EU-sanctioned goods
to Moscow's exclave of Kaliningrad, wedged between Lithuania and
Poland. "If in the near future cargo transit between the
Kaliningrad region and the rest of the territory of the Russian
Federation through Lithuania is not restored in full, then
Russia reserves the right to take actions to protect its
national interests," the ministry said in a statement. The
ministry said it had summoned Lithuania's charge d'affaires in
Moscow to protest the "provocative" and "openly hostile"
measures. Earlier on Monday, the Kr (ANSA-AFP).
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