Moscow questions the legality of Lithuanian borders and now also threatens Moldova | Instagram VTM NEWS

Tensions between Russia and Lithuania have been rising for several days. Since last week, Lithuania has banned goods on the Western sanctions list from passing through its territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. This is a consequence of the European sanctions against Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia called the ban “illegitimate” and said the restriction could have “serious consequences” for Lithuania.

“With this Lithuania itself has actually questioned its borders,” Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, told Russian state television.

According to Rogozin, the unhindered passage of goods is a Russian condition for recognizing Lithuania’s borders. “Lithuania has not only shot in the own leg, but in the head,” it sounded.

Moldova also gets a heavy blow from Moscow. Like Ukraine, Moldova has been an official candidate for EU membership since yesterday, after which the president of the Moldovan parliament expressed his willingness to support European sanctions against Russia, even though Moldova itself is not yet a member of the EU. “That attitude will not be without consequences,” former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev now says on his Telegram channel.

“In an effort to please their new masters, they are ready to join the European sanctions against our country,” Medvedev said. “Ah well, let them try. That way they are 100 percent sure that they are going from expensive energy and resources to no energy and resources. Let them enjoy the sanctions before they are even in the EU,” said Medvedev.

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