“We said that the response would be tough and they are trying to respond.

The half-hearted decisions that they make, including today's ones, need to be studied," the parliamentarian stressed.

He clarified that the transportation problems that have arisen are not technical, but political problems.

“For the mistakes made by the European Union, the European Commission will have to answer to those countries through which the cargo goes,” Shkhagoshev concluded. 

Earlier, the EC stated that rail transit to Kaliningrad is allowed subject to control.