Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova speaks at a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 16, 2022. REUTERS / Maxim Shemetov
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June 22 (Reuters) – Moscow’s response to Lithuania’s ban on EU-sanctioned freight traffic in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad will not be exclusively diplomatic but practical, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday rus.
“One of the main questions has been whether the answer would be exclusively diplomatic. The answer is no,” Maria Zakharova said in her weekly briefing. “The answer will not be diplomatic but practical.”
Zakharova did not delve into the nature of the practical measures that Russia planned to take against Lithuania.
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