U.S. Navy veteran Taylor Dudley, who had been detained in Russia for nine months, was released on Thursday and was handed over to U.S. custody in Poland, according to former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson. Dudley, from Lansing, Michigan, was taken into custody by Russian border patrol police in April 2022 after crossing from Poland…
Russia Releases US Navy Veteran Taylor Dudley After Almost a Year in Custody
Russia Blames US for Kaliningrad Transit Restrictions
MOSCOW—Moscow’s foreign ministry on Friday blamed the United States for a Lithuanian ban on sanctioned goods crossing from the Russian mainland to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which has increased already high tensions between Moscow and the West. “The so-called ‘collective West’, with the explicit instruction of the White House, imposed a ban on rail…
Moscow Fumes After EU Cuts Off Shipments to Baltic Outpost
June 21, 2022
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KYIV—Russia summoned the European Union’s ambassador in Moscow on Tuesday, fuming over what it calls an illegal rail blockade of a Russian outpost on the Baltic Sea, the latest stand-off over sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine. On the ground in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s separatist proxies said they were advancing towards Kyiv’s main battlefield…
Russia Warns Lithuania, Demands Lifting of ‘Openly Hostile’ Blockade
The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded Lithuania lift a partial blockade of Kaliningrad, the Russian region located near the Baltic Sea, and warned that such an action is “openly hostile.” Kaliningrad, formerly known as Konigsberg, is located between NATO members Poland and Lithuania, although it has been Russian territory for the past 70 years or so. Last…
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