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First train with sanctioned goods arrives from Russia to Kaliningrad via Lithuania

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According to Kaliningrad Regional Governor Dmitry Lyskov, the train consisted of 60 freight cars with cement. On June 22, Lithuania lifted a ban on rail transport of sanctioned goods to and from Kaliningrad, after the EU allowed the transit of sanctioned goods destined for the Russian exclave through its territory by rail.

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