Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev arrived in the Kaliningrad region to attend a meeting on national security issues. It was convened after Lithuania's decision to stop the transit of sanctioned goods to the region.
Lithuanian railways stopped the transit of products subject to Western sanctions to Kaliningrad on the night of June 17-18. On June 20, the Charge d'Affaires of Lithuania was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. She was informed that if Lithuania does not restore transit in the near future, Russia reserves the right to take action to protect its national interests.
Patrushev said that Russia would soon respond to Lithuania's actions. According to him, the consequences of the response measures "will have a serious negative impact on the population of Lithuania." Earlier, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Kaliningrad Region published a list of goods that are subject to the ban. This is a single list of sanctioned goods for the entire European Union. Here are some of his points:
- Crustaceans, in or without shell, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, with or without shell, whether or not cooked before or during smoking; crustaceans in shell, steamed or boiled in water, chilled or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine;
- Bidets, toilet bowls, cisterns and similar sanitary wares, of plastics (except bathtubs, shower trays, sinks, wash basins, toilet seats and lids);
- Soups and broths and preparations for them;
- Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, whips and similar articles, of human or animal hair or of textile materials; articles of human hair, not elsewhere specified or included;
- Briefs, nightgowns, pyjamas, dressing gowns, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted, for men or boys;
- Ankle coverage;
- Percussion musical instruments (eg drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas);
- Golf balls.
