US EditionWestern Sanctions Choke Off Key Supply Routes to Russia’s Kaliningrad
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Western Sanctions Choke Off Key Supply Routes to Russia’s Kaliningrad
Western sanctions have significantly disrupted traditional supply routes to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU). The blockade of overland transit through Lithuania has forced Moscow to rely increasingly on maritime transport, leading to growing logistical and economic strain. Prior to sanctions imposed in 2022, most freight to Kaliningrad passed through Lithuania. However, that route has becom…
After the introduction of sanctions in 2022, Russia's freight transit costs have increased, especially on routes to the Kaliningrad region, which has no land connection with the rest of the Russian territory.
The costs of the aggressor state for the transit of goods increased
Western sanctions increase Kaliningrad's isolation, sea routes are overloaded - SZRWestern sanctions after the Russian invasion of Ukraine are increasing the isolation of Kaliningrad, which has no land connection with Russia. This has led to overloading of sea routes and problems for small businesses in the region.
As a result of the sanctions, Russia began to spend more on transit of goods, especially on routes to Kaliningrad region, where there was no land connection with the rest of the country; the route through Lithuania lost access due to quotas and restrictions, says a report from the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. "The load shifted to sea routes: while in 2019 the cabotage was 0.4 million tons, in 2024 only Oborontology transported more t…
The Russian Federation ' s ferry infrastructure has been overloaded - turns, shortage of space and downsizing make supply more difficult.
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