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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 01:41 PM Jun 2022

Russia warns NATO-member Lithuania over Kaliningrad transit

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia warned NATO member Lithuania on Monday that unless the transit of goods to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea was swiftly restored then Moscow would take undisclosed measures to defend its national interests.

With east-west relations at a half-century low over Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Vilnius banned the transit of goods sanctioned by the European Union through Lithuanian territory to and from the exclave, citing EU sanction rules.

Russia's foreign ministry summoned Lithuania's top envoy in Moscow to deliver a protest while the Kremlin said the situation was beyond serious.

"The situation is more than serious," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "This decision is really unprecedented. It's a violation of everything."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-warns-nato-member-lithuania-120404620.html

Or you could give it back to Germany or Poland and quit your colonialist bullshit.

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Russia warns NATO-member Lithuania over Kaliningrad transit (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
Lift the grain blockade first, Vlad. moondust Jun 2022 #1
Bingo - this should be the first and only answer given to Putin Amishman Jun 2022 #6
So they get to blockade another country's ports and threaten global famine, but Crunchy Frog Jun 2022 #2
Putin must establish complete regional control if he is to achieve his global superpower status. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #3
Russia demmands, Russia dictates.... Historic NY Jun 2022 #4
If Russia attacks NATO, we should invade Belarus. roamer65 Jun 2022 #5

Crunchy Frog

(26,548 posts)
2. So they get to blockade another country's ports and threaten global famine, but
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 01:56 PM
Jun 2022

whine like little babies over blockage of sanctioned goods to a little enclave that they are completely capable of supplying via ships.

Fuck Russia, and if they try anything, fuck their shit up without restraint. Time to show them that the West has some backbone.

Irish_Dem

(45,616 posts)
3. Putin must establish complete regional control if he is to achieve his global superpower status.
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 01:58 PM
Jun 2022

This is what he is trying to do.

He will set the rules for his region and enforce those rules with an iron hand.

China is working on this in the east.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
4. Russia demmands, Russia dictates....
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 05:01 PM
Jun 2022

where does it say they can use another country for their convenience, they have a water option or just turn the land over to Lithuania.

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