European Commission representative Ariana Podesta said that the operations of commercial banks to pay for rail transport from Lithuania to Kaliningrad do not violate the EU sanctions regime against Russia in relation to events in Ukraine. This has been reported TASS With reference to the Lithuanian national radio LRT.
According to him, EU sanctions measures limit export and import payments to natural and legal persons from the list of sanctions. In case Kaliningrad transit payments are not accepted, the decision was made by a particular bank based on the credit institution’s risk perception and not as a requirement of EU sanctions.
Dmitry Lyskov, formerly head of the press service of the Kaliningrad region declarationThe regional government acknowledges that transit through Lithuania may stop on 1 September.
He added that regional authorities await a more official comment from Lithuania, from media coverage, on the cessation of rail transit to the region from 1 September.
Before that, Sergei Ryabokon, the Russian Charge d’Affaires in Lithuania declarationLithuania announced that Šiaulių banks will cease all operations with Russia from 1 September.