“This is a sovereign state that can amend its legislation as it sees fit.
This is a matter of desire, ”Dmitry Lyskov, head of the press service of the government of the Kaliningrad region, told RIA Novosti.
Lithuanian Minister of Transport Marius Skuodis said earlier that the decision to stop accepting payments from Russia, which may lead to a stop in transit to Kaliningrad, is made by the banks themselves and the state cannot influence them in any way.
Lyskov, in turn, noted that before that, Šiaulių bankas had been appointed the only financial institution to service Kaliningrad transit.
He also called Lithuania's position strange, according to which the Russian side should look for ways to pay for railway transit to the Kaliningrad region.