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Moscow threatens to retaliate after Lithuania bans transit of goods to the Russian outpost of Kaliningrad; EU calls blockade of the Ukrainian grain a war crime

Stymied for weeks in attempts to overrun city in eastern Ukraine, Russia gthers almost all of its available forces for its last-gasp offensive in the Donbas

Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, on Monday auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize

Tensions are high over the Russian exclave following Kremlin outburst on Monday.

Moscows retaliation to Lithuanias transport "blockade" of Russias Kaliningrad Region will seriously affect Lithuanian citizens, Nikolay Patrushev, the head of Russias Security Council, has said."Of course, Russia will respond ...

Moscow, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) Lithuania must understand the seriousness of the consequences of the ban on the transit of goods by rail from Russia to the Kaliningrad region, warned the spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova.

Russia has summoned the European Union's envoy to Moscow to "strongly" protest new restrictions on goods shipments to its Kaliningrad exclave through EU member Lithuania while threatening the Baltic state with "retaliation." 

One of President Vladimir Putins top allies warned Lithuania on Tuesday that Russia would respond to a halt in the transit of EU-sanctioned goods to the exclave of Kaliningrad in such a way that the citizens of the NATO and EU member would feel the pain.

Moscow, Jun 21 (EFE).- Russia on Tuesday warned Lithuania that its decision to partially block the transport of goods to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad would have serious consequences. “Of course, Russia will respond to hostile actions. Appropriate measures are in the works, and will be adopted in the near future,” Russian security council secretary …

KYIV—Russia summoned the European Union's ambassador in Moscow on Tuesday, fuming over what it calls an illegal rail ...