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Anger as Lithuania bans transit of goods to Russia exclave Kaliningrad

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“This decision, indeed unprecedented, is a violation of everything and then some," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Added on the 20/06/2022 16:15:43 - Copyright : Euronews EN

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