“Unfortunately, we are now generally emotionally in a world in such a state that only threats of retaliatory actions can really achieve something.
<...> This situation shows that a normal, calm, quiet conversation does not always reach the interlocutor, which is regrettable, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
Alikhanov noted that he is doing everything to return this conversation to "at least an economic and logistical perspective."
In his opinion, the parties are already close to solving this problem.
On June 17, Lithuanian Railways notified Kaliningrad Railways of stopping the transit of a number of sanctioned goods from June 18.
Alikhanov said that the ban on the import and export of goods through the Baltic States to Russia is considered as a response to the restriction on transit from Lithuania.
Before that, it became known that the authorities of the Kaliningrad region had prepared a list of response measures to Lithuania's ban on overland transit of certain goods to the region.
The list was submitted for consideration to the Russian government.