“Amber Grid received a notification on Monday that at the request of Gazprom, the transit of gas from Lithuania to Kaliningrad was temporarily suspended.

Gas is supplied to this region of Russia in transit through Lithuania from Belarus, "RIA Novosti quotes the press release of the Lithuanian operator of the gas transmission system Amber Grid.

It is noted that the reasons for the suspension of transit are not specified.

Between Gazprom and the Lithuanian AB Amber Grid there is an agreement dated 2015 for the transit of Russian gas through Lithuania to the Kaliningrad region.