Posted on 06/21/2022 5:42:59 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Russia warned Monday that it would take action to protect its national interests if Lithuania did not reverse a decision to bar the transit by rail of certain items destined for Kaliningrad, the small Russian exclave that is separated from the rest of the country by the Baltic states.
A new potential flashpoint between Moscow and NATO emerged when Lithuania, citing incoming European Union sanctions on Russian steel and other ferrous metals, said those items could no longer be transported across its territory to Kaliningrad.
Russia’s foreign ministry said it summoned a senior Lithuanian diplomat and informed her Russia viewed the actions as “openly hostile.”
It said the ministry had informed charge d’affaires Virginija Umbrasiene “that if in the near future cargo transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the territory of the Russian Federation through Lithuania is not restored in full, then Russia reserves the right to take actions to protect its national interests.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
Russia Demands Lithuania Lift “Openly Hostile” Blockade; Panic Buying Ensues
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022
Update (1100ET): The Russian Foreign Ministry has responded to Lithuania’s partial blockade of Kaliningrad, writing in a statement that they consider the “provocative measures” to be “openly hostile” and warning that the Kremlin may take action to “protect its national interests.”
Lithuania versus Russia. Now that war would be over before it started.
Kaliningrad is an enclave of Russia on the Baltic Sea, with a population of around 450,000 Russians. Kaliningrad literally means “Little Russia”, and it is surrounded by NATO countries Lithuania to the north and Poland to the south.
Land access for Russia to Kaliningrad is a matter of treaties between Russia and Lithuania providing transit to the Russian enclave through Suwalski gap where railroads connect Kaliningrad to Belarus.
In an intentionally provocative move, the NATO alliance has now decided to use Lithuania to cut off access to Kaliningrad by land. The NATO alliance is saying this is part of their execution of economic sanctions against Russia by stopping the transport of goods and products through the Suwalski gap.
The blockade began today, and the Russian government is evaluating how to respond to this aggressive effort against Kaliningrad.
This action is being taken as the same time as EU NATO countries are threatening to rush NATO membership for Ukraine into place. There is no other way to look at this decision by NATO member states as anything except a deliberate effort to increase the likelihood of war between Russia and the western alliance.
(Via Daily Mail) – The Kremlin has threatened Lithuania after EU-sanctioned goods were blocked from reaching the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, fuelling fears of NATO being dragged into the war.
Moscow warned of ‘very tough actions’ against the Western security alliance member after deliveries of coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technology were stopped from entering the Russian territory. The Lithuanian chargé d’affaires in Moscow was told that unless cargo transit was resumed in the near future, Russia reserves the right to act to protect its national interests.
The Russian foreign ministry said: ‘We consider provocative measures of the Lithuanian side which violate Lithuania’s international legal obligations, primarily the 2002 Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the European Union on transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the Russian Federation, to be openly hostile.’
Loyalist senator Andrey Klimov warned it was ‘direct aggression against Russia, literally forcing us to immediately resort to proper self-defence’.
The head of the parliamentary sovereignty protection commission, he vowed that Russia would solve the blockade ‘in ANY way we choose’.
Any direct Russian attack on alliance member state Lithuania would be seen as an act of war against NATO and could spark a world war.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said his country was simply implementing sanctions imposed by the EU.
He said the measures implemented were taken after ‘consultation with the European Commission and under its guidelines.’
‘Sanctioned goods (will) no longer be allowed to transit Lithuanian territory,’ Landsbergis added.
The foreign ministry emphasised it has not imposed ‘unilateral, individual or additional’ restrictions.
But Russia disagrees, with Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying: ‘This decision is really unprecedented. It’s a violation of everything.’ (read more)
The western motive to provoke a war between NATO and Russia is transparent. In addition to the geopolitical ideology of the West against the country of Russia, the economic situation created by the Western alliance is tenuous.
Inflation is raging in all of the countries who followed the instructions of the World Economic Forum and the massive spending demanded within the pandemic response. The economies of the EU and the United States are now reflecting the results of those multinational corporation instructions known more colloquially as the Build Back Better agenda.
The Ukraine conflict is now being used as a cover story, an arbitrary justification, as politicians in Western government claim the Russian intervention into Eastern Ukraine is the source of the global economic problem. This is a false claim; however, it is being emphasized in a way that indicates fear on the part of the WEF member nation group, to the consequences of the economic damage now surfacing.
Traditionally, only two economic issues have ever been successful in stopping a large global recession:
(1) war, and/or
(2) housing starts.
The approaches of the central banks, including the U.S. Federal reserve, have precluded housing starts from having any value to stop the global recession.
That leaves ‘WAR’.
This is a very dangerous time as the Western alliance, driven by NATO following a predictable plan, is now positioning for an intentional war with Russia.
Strategically, Kaliningrad is to Russia as Alaska is to the United States. How would the United States respond if Canada blocked access to Alaska?
We are closer to a direct NATO conflict with Russia than ever before, and we are in this moment because Western government want that conflict.
The U.S. State Department, not the Pentagon, is leading us and the Western alliance into this war…. These are very dangerous moves.
(Reuters) – […] “If cargo transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the Russian Federation via Lithuania is not fully restored in the near future, then Russia reserves the right to take actions to protect its national interests,” it said.
Kaliningrad, formerly the port of Koenigsberg, capital of East Prussia, was captured from Nazi Germany by the Red Army in April 1945 and ceded to the Soviet Union after World War Two. It is sandwiched between NATO members Poland and Lithuania. (read more)
>>>Russia viewed the actions as “openly hostile.”
Socialist talking point, BS!
“Socialist talking point, BS!”
So, if someone cut off your house from everything you would call that ‘friendly’ and not ‘hostile’, and if you complained we could call you a ‘socialist’?
No, Lithuania is just the pin on the hand grenade.
As a member of NATO, any Russian attack on Lithuania brings all of NATO to war with Russia. Article 5.
So the blockade of the RR corridor is being used to instigate a Russian “attack” in order to justify a total NATO vs Russia war.
Lithuania is violating its treaty obligations. Russia can and will respond accordingly to protect her interests.
NATO is obsolete and has become the military arm of the Globalists.
Exactly right!
This isn’t Lithuania doing this on its own. This is part of the overall EU sanctions against Russia.
“NATO is obsolete and has become the military arm of the Globalists”.
BINGO!
Right on!
See #8.
Also, the quality of “thinking” by many freepers is very child like.
No different than eager new recruits on troop trains heading towards the coming war in Europe circa June 1914.
“Hooray! We’ll teach those Germans a lesson, and be home for Christmas!”
Only this time, the horror won’t be confined to trench warfare, but could easily escalate to full nuclear war.
Idiots.
Kaliningrad is not “cut off from everything.” The sanctions apply only to certain industrial products, which Russia is still free to.bring in by shipping.
“Lithuania is violating its treaty obligations. Russia can and will respond accordingly to protect her interests. NATO is obsolete and has become the military arm of the Globalists.”
All true, but it won’t matter. Lithuania justifies the blockade by saying it is merely enforcing EU sanctions on Russia, including RR transshipment across Lithuania.
Lithuania is the pin on the hand grenade being used to instigate a Russian “attack” on a NATO country.
And you can bet the original orders came from Washington, not Brussels.
WW3 with nukes, here we come, if our insane leaders don’t get off this crazy train.
Good. I hope they do something stupid so NATO gets involved and annihilates whatever is left of the Russian military. But with all their bluster they won’t for the very same reason.
Splitting hairs. Childish.
On the bright side, the Democrat's power base gets taken out, and we won't have to be subjected to the ad nauseum cheerleading posts on FR.
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