Lithuania has expanded restrictions on the transit of goods to Kaliningrad through its territory as part of previously announced European Union (EU) sanctions. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the representative of the Lithuanian customs.

According to the interlocutor, the list of goods subject to sanctions includes concrete, wood, alcohol and alcohol-based industrial chemicals. They and a number of other Russian-made products are prohibited from being transported in transit through Lithuania.

The governor of the Kaliningrad region, Anton Alikhanov, commenting on the news, recalled that Lithuania did not introduce new restrictions on transit to Kaliningrad, the implementation of the next stage of the previously adopted sanctions has now begun, RBC reports .

According to Alikhanov, restrictions on oil products will come into force in December. He also added that Russia insists on non-distribution of restrictions on Kaliningrad transit, and proposed retaliatory measures: a complete ban on the movement of goods between the Baltic republics and Russia, with the exception of transit to Kaliningrad.

On June 21, Lithuania extended restrictions on the transportation of goods to the Kaliningrad region and on freight road transit.

Earlier, Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, said that Russia would soon respond to Lithuania's actions and that the consequences of the retaliatory measures "will have a serious negative impact on the population" of the republic.

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.