KALININGRAD, Jun 21Moscow's response to the transport blockade of the Kaliningrad region by Lithuania will directly affect the inhabitants of the Baltic republic, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said in Kaliningrad at a meeting on national security issues of the North-West of Russia. He stated that NATO is building up its military and intelligence presence near the northwestern borders of the country, the situation in the region is being formed under unprecedented political, informational and economic pressure from the West.08:52Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned Lithuania about the consequences of the blockade of the Kaliningrad region «The latest example of this is the blockade by Lithuania, at the suggestion of Western countries, in violation of the norms and principles of international law, of the transit of a large group of goods through its territory to the Kaliningrad region. This example shows that you cannot trust not only to oral statements of the West, but also in writing. Russia will certainly respond to such hostile actions. Appropriate measures are being worked out in an interdepartmental format and will be taken in the near future. Their consequences will have a serious negative impact on the population of Lithuania,» Patrushev concluded. Last week Lithuanian Railways has notified the Kaliningrad Railway of ending the transit of goods subject to EU sanctions from June 18. The governor of the region, Anton Alikhanov, stressed that the ferry complex of the Kaliningrad region will cope with the new cargo. The transit of oil products continues, it is not limited until August 10. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the decision of the Lithuanian authorities illegal and unprecedented, to which a response will follow. «no time to talk anymore».
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