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Lithuania has begun enforcing European Union export restrictions on Russia, thereby blocking deliveries of steel to its Kaliningrad exclave. The parallels between this situation and Ukraine are uncanny. However, there are a few major dissimilarities that will likely lead to a different outcome.
0:00 What is Kaliningrad?
0:49 The Lithuania Crisis
1:43 Connection to Ukraine
3:08 How Russia Bought the Black Sea Fleet
5:12 The Kaliningrad Land Bridge Problem
6:40 The Crimea Land Bridge Problem
8:26 Why Lithuania Is Different
Images licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/):
From President of Ukraine:
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/photos/vizit-prezidenta-ukrayini-do-institucij-yes-i-nato-u-bryusse-2953
From Government of Ukraine:
https://www.zoda.gov.ua/news/4344/prezident-ukrajini-viktor-jushenko-privitav-hliborobiv-zaporizhzhya-z-pershim-zibranim-milyonom-tonn-zerna-urozhaju-2008-roku.html
https://www.zoda.gov.ua/news/21782/vistup-prezidenta-ukrajini-na-plenarnomu-zasidanni-samitu-initsiativi-shidne-partnerstvo.html
From Kremlin.ru:
http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/7514
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/18809
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/20604
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/50059
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/57472
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/58129
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/58548
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68181
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68366
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68685
Images licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/):
From RIAN Archive:
http://visualrian.ru/ru/site/gallery/#699865
Images licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/):
By U.S. Secretary of Defense:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/secdef/51890735888
FinnishGovernment:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnishgovernment/51901001571
From European People's Party:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45198836@N04/5555939209
Baltic Economic Forum:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltic-development-forum/4684254713
Images licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/):
From Saeima:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/saeima/8169464170/
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