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Kaliningrad Oblast (dark green) of Russia (light green) within Europe. A series of restrictions on transit through Lithuania between the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast and mainland Russia were implemented during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [1] The restrictions extended only to sanctioned goods and began on 18 June 2022. [2]
Kaliningrad Railway (Russian: Калининградская железная дорога) is the smallest subsidiary of the Russian Railways by route length (618 km) and differs from other Russian railways in having a string of standard gauge lines.
Lithuania has a narrow gauge line of 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) first constructed in 1891. [42] It was built as a cheaper alternative to the wider gauge railway. [ 8 ] In 1996, the narrow gauge railway was declared a heritage railway and, in 2003, the Panevėžys – Anykščiai – Rubikiai line was included into the national list of ...
STORY: Banned goods include coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technology."This decision is really unprecedented. It's a violation of everything," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov ...
Lithuania will be prepared if Russia disconnects it from the regional power grid in retaliation for blocking rail shipments of some Russian goods to Moscow's Kaliningrad exclave, but no military ...
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Poland and Lithuania joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1999 and 2004, respectively. On the one hand, this meant that the Kaliningrad exclave was surrounded by NATO states, but on the other, this created a choke point for the military alliance as all troops supplied by land must pass through the Suwałki Gap. In the event of its ...
Kaliningrad–Passazhirsky (Russian: Калининград–Пассажирский), also called Kaliningrad South (Russian: Калининград–Южный), also referred to as Königsberger Hauptbahnhof during the German past of the city, prior to 1945, is the largest railway station on the Russian Kaliningrad Railway.