Inside Kaliningrad News Today

by rmt union. it has meant trains going out of service and millions of passengers going nowhere. my daughters doing her gcses. ive got to get her to and from school, so its a right pain in the neck. i understand they want a pay rise and things change, i get that, but its not fair for all the commuters. we are going to primarily focus on the two stories this hour, the rail strike in the uk and the hearing in washington, which is where we are going to begin. we start in washington, where...

Moscow has threatened lithuania with "serious consequences" for stopping some goods entering the russian territory of kaliningrad. lithuania says its implementing eu sanctions — but russia sees it as a blockade. kaliningrad is part of russia, but its geographically separate — its an exclave. it borders poland on one side, and lithuania on the other. the head of russias security council — a close ally of president putin — flew into kaliningrad today — and said this. translation: russia ...

Those _ is not only lithuania. the target is those taking the decisions. very important — those taking the decisions. very important weeks are coming. we will have eu _ important weeks are coming. we will have eu summit this week on candidates for ukraine, so they are trying _ candidates for ukraine, so they are trying to— candidates for ukraine, so they are trying to scare everybody, that it will be _ trying to scare everybody, that it will be some kind of war attack against — will be som...

Adopted six packages of sanctions against russia. those are in response to its invasion of ukraine. on saturday, lithuania began enforcing those sanctions on kaliningrad. the eu sanctions list includes coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technology. the russian governor of kaliningrad says the blockade would cover 40%—50% of the items his region imports by rail. heres lithuanias prime minister. translation: no blockade of kaliningrad — translation: no blockade of kaliningrad is...

Situation will be changed in a way, because it is not about the - situation will be changed in a way, | because it is not about the russian goods— because it is not about the russian goods to _ because it is not about the russian goods to europe, _ because it is not about the russian goods to europe, or— because it is not about the russian goods to europe, or trying - because it is not about the russian goods to europe, or trying to- goods to europe, or trying to transit— goods to europe, ...

Transit via lithuania and on goods brought in directly — by sea. the port makes kaliningrad strategically valuable to russia, not least for its navy — russias baltic fleet — is based there. this map is from the nato website. as you can see, many of the countries surrounding kaliningrad — including lithuania — are nato members. and to the north, across the baltic sea — sweden and finland are going tojoin. a lithuanian mep — whos served previously as defence minister — says thats i...

—— kaliningrad region said nothing. the governor said it was expectedl the governor said it was expected and he _ the governor said it was expected and he had — the governor said it was expected and he had this— the governor said it was expected and he had this idea _ the governor said it was expected and he had this idea that- the governor said it was expected and he had this idea that the - the governor said it was expected and he had this idea that the eu l the governor said it was ex...

Translation: we hope the measures... these measures — translation: we hope the measures... these measures painfully _ translation: we hope the measures... these measures painfully hit _ translation: we hope the measures... these measures painfully hit the - these measures painfully hit the lithuanian economy. lets not forget our neighbours earn good money on clean dry transit. == our neighbours earn good money on clean dry transit.— clean dry transit. -- on kaliningrad. _ if you are thinking...