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Lithuania answers Moscow’s oil embargo with ‘threat’ of railroad repair
The Baltic Times ^
| Aug 23, 2006
Posted on 09/01/2006 5:25:19 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
VILNIUS - Irked by Moscows reluctance to fix a faulty oil pipeline that feeds Lithuanias refinery, Foreign Ministry officials hinted to their Russian colleagues last week that authorities might begin repairs on the railroad leading to Kaliningrad, disrupting regular rail service to the exclave.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: lithuania
To: Grzegorz 246
Maybe they could also fix Polish roads, while thay are at it.I don't scare easily but Poland has got to have the worst roads in Europe.
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posted on
09/01/2006 5:29:37 AM PDT
by
chicagopolish
(Polka is not from Poland!! We had nothing to do with it. It was the Czechs!!!)
To: Grzegorz 246
It must really irk Putin that he can't just bend them to his will.
To: mainepatsfan
It must really irk Putin that he can't just bend them to his will. "Repairing" that railroad is a great idea. Poor putie, the "big boss".
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09/01/2006 6:03:56 AM PDT
by
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To: chicagopolish
"I don't scare easily but Poland has got to have the worst roads in Europe."
That's a lie. Albania has worse.
To: Grzegorz 246
As I've maintained on this website for years, if you find a Russian acting Russian, you will likely also find a Lithuanian poking a stick at him.
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posted on
09/01/2006 7:05:46 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: chicagopolish
Unfortunately you're right.
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posted on
09/01/2006 11:15:16 AM PDT
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: Grzegorz 246
Brilliant idea!
At last rail track also get broken - as much as pipelines
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posted on
09/01/2006 11:19:29 AM PDT
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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