VILNIUS: Lithuanian authorities said a ban on the transit through their territory to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad of goods that are subject to EU sanctions will take effect from Saturday .The EU sanctions list notably includes coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technology, and Alikhanov said the ban would cover around 50 per cent of the items that Kaliningrad imports.
Its immediate start was confirmed by the cargo arm of Lithuania's state railways service in a letter to clients following"clarification" from the European Commission on the mechanism for applying the sanctions. A spokesman for the service confirmed the contents of the letter but declined to comment further. The foreign ministry did not reply to a request for comment.Kaliningrad receives supplies from Russia via rail and gas pipelines through Lithuania.
Home to the headquarters of Russia's Baltic sea fleet, the enclave was captured from Nazi Germany by the Red Army in April 1945 and ceded to the Soviet Union after World War II.
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