Senior security official Nikolai Patrushev says Russia has warned Lithuania of “serious” consequences after it banned the rail transfer of some goods to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.
Patrushev said Russia “will certainly respond to such hostile actions,” .
Lithuania says it is only following the European Union sanctions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The western territory was annexed from Germany after World War Two in 1945.
It is bordered by European Union and Nato members Lithuania and Poland.
The region relies heavily on imports of raw materials and spare parts from Russia and the EU.
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