News / Surge in sanction-busting goods for Russia seized on Lithuanian railways

Sanctions-busting efforts from shippers moving goods into Belarus and Russia increased five-fold in the three months to June, according to Lithuania’s state-owned rail operator, LTG.

Speaking to Lithuanian media outlet LRT, LTG CEO Cargo Eglė Šimė said 14 trains on their way into the Baltic state in March were turned back for being in breach of western sanctions, but this number massively increased last month, to 74.

And Gediminas Šečkus, chief resilience officer for LTG, suggested ...