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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Russia threatens retaliation as Lithuania bans goods transit to Kaliningrad

Customs officer and ship
A customs officer at the commercial port in Baltiysk in the Kaliningrad region of Russia. Photograph: Vitaly Nevar/Reuters

Russia has provoked concern in Brussels after threatening to retaliate over Lithuania’s ban on the transit of some goods across its territory to Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad.

The move by the government in Vilnius was described as “unprecedented” in Moscow, where the Russian foreign office said they reserved the right to respond to protect their national interest.

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