The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 20th to protest against Lithuania's ban on transporting goods to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad via the railway in Lithuania, and warned that if Lithuania did not resume transportation, Russia would retaliate. The statement said that Lithuania prohibited the transportation of most kinds of goods to Kaliningrad via the railway in Lithuania without notifying the Russian side in advance, and the Russian side demanded that these restrictions be lifted immediately. The Russian side believes that the cubic measures violate international legal obligations, especially the joint statement signed by Russia and the European Union on the transit issue between Kaliningrad and other territories of the Russian Federation. If the goods transportation cannot be resumed in the near future, Russia reserves the right to take action to safeguard its national interests. Peskov, press secretary of the Russian President, said that Lithuania's move was unprecedented and illegal, and the Russian side regarded it as part of the blockade of Russia. According to the Lithuanian Baltic news agency, Lithuanian foreign minister gabrielius lantsbergis said on the 20th that the decision to prohibit the transfer of goods through Lithuania to the Russian enclave Kaliningrad was not made by Lithuania, but was made in accordance with the relevant EU sanctions against Russia. Kaliningrad is a Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania. On the 19th, alejanov, governor of Kaliningrad, Russia, said that Lithuania's ban on the transshipment of some goods from other regions of Russia to Kaliningrad was illegal. (Xinhua News Agency)