Lithuania’s independence was recognized by Russia in 1993, under the condition of the signing of a treaty guaranteeing uninterrupted transit for its goods between the main part of Russia and Kaliningrad.
See the treaty that Lithuania signed here on the UN website:
https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201831/volume-1831-I-31342-English.pdf
It is not incumbent upon Lithuania to uphold that treaty if Russia abrogates other treaties and begins comporting itself like Hitler, invading neighboring countries, grabbing land, and rocket-bombing civilian population centers.
Russia has already made itself a leper in the international community. How can one possibly lament Russia being denied the privilege of transiting neighboring countries while it is busy *ss-raping one of them?
Regards,
Who in his right mind would trust a treaty signed by Russia? Such a treaty isn’t worth the paper it is written on. Russians are pathological liars. Lying is a national sport in Russia.
Seriously, do you really believe that no Freepers know anything about the history of Eastern Europe? The Lithuanians know their history. For your information (but you probably know that), Russia has always had a tyrannical government, it has no tradition of free political institutions. I suppose the Provisional government in 1917 was an exception, but it wasn’t really in control and didn’t last long. Or we can say that Russia is either full of tyranny, or full of chaos.
Russia hasn’t abandoned its imperial ambitions either. It wants to subjugate the neighboring nations. The Russians openly say that the Ukrainians aren’t a nation. Why shouldn’t we call what Russia is doing in Ukraine genocide? Ukraine isn’t the only Russian target. The Russian propagandists want to de-nazify (= attack with the Russian military) Poland and the Baltic states as well.
It is really puzzling that some Freepers, who supposedly love the concept of limited government invented by the Founding Fathers, defend Russian despotic imperialism.
You seem to be missing the part about transit of goods which are currently under international embargo.
Do you really think that, for example, the treaty allows Russian human traffickers to load up a truck with teenage girls in the back and drive it to Kalingrad for the amusement of some Russian pervert? Of course not, that would be idiotic.
The treaty is for goods that are normally allowed, not goods that are for whatever reason under some kind of embargo or illegal status.