Transit to Kaliningrad is closed

Refusal of the Lithuanian banks since September 1 to accept payment for transit to Kaliningrad on Lithuanian railroads will lead to a full stop of transit of production, including not sanctions, and to problems with transit passenger traffic. Open joint-stock company "Rossiyskiye zheleznyye dorogi" warns that will not be able to pay for pass of passenger trains — now it is three trains in the message with Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Adlersky rayon and one seasonal. According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, an explanation Vilnius, consisting that the authorities have no right to interfere with activity independent banks, is insolvent and is disproved by practice. Authorities...