July 14, 2022 11:43 AM

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Lithuania's Foreign Ministry to allow transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad

<span style="color: #222222;">Lithuania's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that it will allow sanctioned Russian goods to transit through its territory to the Russian exclave Kaliningrad. The decision came after releasing of new guidelines by the European Commission.<br />''<br />''Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said, this decision, which removes restrictions on a certain range of products transported by rail is a demonstration of realism.<br />''<br />''Under the new guidelines released by the European Commission yesterday, Lithuania will only be allowed to block rail shipments of certain goods that have dual civilian and military use.<br />''<br />''Kaliningrad, which is bordered by Poland and Lithuania, has had some freight transport from mainland Russia cut off since June 17 due to sanctions. Moscow said that this amounted to an illegal blockade.</span><br />

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