The Lithuanian trucks are blocked from entering Russia from Kazakhstan

Posted by editor on 8/12/09 • Categorized as Business, Neighbours • Print This Post •

Lithuanian carriers already facing difficulties in transporting cargo across Russia’s borders with Latvia and Belarus have been stopped at the Russia-Kazakhstan border.

Afla.lt quoted Mr Gytis Vincevicius, as spokesmen of the ‘Linava’, Lithuania’s national association of road carriers saying on 12 August: ”At least 20 trucks carrying transit cargo to Kazakhstan via Russia have been lined up at the Russia-Kazakh border for the past 48 hours. It seems strange because Russian representatives have been saying that tighter border control was also applied for cargo with recipients in Russia and intended for the Russian market”.