Russia: "Beyond Serious" - by Mark Wauck

Russia: "Beyond Serious" - by Mark Wauck

• Russia has responded at the highest levels to Lithuania’s unilateral abrogation of the treaty governing goods transport—through the territory of Lithuania—between the Russian Federation and its Kaliningrad Oblast (which is surrounded by Poland and Lithuania). 
• Reuters has the details of the Russian response:

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia warned NATO member Lithuania on Monday that unless the transit of goods to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea was swiftly restored then Moscow would take undisclosed measures to defend its national interests.
...As we’ve previously noted, the military power—on land, sea, and in the air—that Russia has at its disposal in the Baltic area simply dwarfs that of all other countries combined. 

A direct attack on the functioning of Russia as a sovereign nation which has entered into a binding treaty with Lithuania seems wildly reckless. 

There is no reason to suppose that Russia doesn’t mean business..."