Russia's blockade of Kaliningrad has seen some changes. The European Union has begun to put pressure on Lithuania and require Lithuania to lift the blockade. It is said that this will be implemented soon.
The reason why the EU is so concerned about this matter is because Lithuania has passed the blame to the EU. After receiving a severe warning from Russia, Lithuania said that it was implementing EU sanctions against Russia. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter has little to do with the EU. It is mainly because of the support of and NATO . Without the support of NATO, Lithuania would not dare to jump so high.
Lithuanian President Nauseda said that he did not think Russia would dare to use force because Lithuania is a NATO country. Now the EU has taken measures to prove its "innocence" and avoid further escalation of the situation.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, German media quoted sources as saying that the German authorities were angry at Lithuania’s blockade of Kaliningrad. Berlin disagrees with Lithuania's views on relevant sanctions, emphasizing that the goods are "shipped from Russia to Russia" and the EU's sanctions against Russia do not apply to this situation.
Germany’s meaning is very clear. Kaliningrad belongs to Russia, but the two regions are not bordering each other. However, in essence, goods flow in the hands of Russia itself, not for import and export, so they are naturally not affected.
In fact, when the EU introduced sanctions, it did not think so carefully, because this kind of thing had never happened before, and Lithuania took advantage of it.
Lithuania previously boasted that Lithuania played a "positive role" when the EU formulated relevant sanctions, indicating that Lithuania had other thoughts at the time. After the sanctions came into effect one by one, Lithuania took immediate action. After Lithuania angered Russia, it directly passed the blame to the EU and asked the EU to fight Russia.
As a small country, Lithuania not only targets Russia, but also pulls the EU out of the way. Does Lithuania dare to do this? I definitely wouldn’t dare. Therefore, this matter is caused by NATO behind the scenes. The President of Lithuania did use his status as a member of NATO to intimidate Russia, saying that Russia did not dare to use force.
The NATO and EU mentioned here are not NATO and the EU in the actual sense. The biggest difference between the two organizations is that one has the United States and the other does not. In other words, Lithuania relies on the United States. It is with the support and perhaps even instigation of the United States that Lithuania dares to offend the EU and Russia at the same time.
Of course, the EU cannot help Lithuania withstand the thunder. If something happens, it will have to be NATO. In other words, the United States must be dragged into the water and the United States must not stay out of it.
Therefore, the EU has a very firm attitude towards Lithuania. Germany, the EU leader, was immediately angry and officially demanded that Lithuania lift the blockade.
Just imagine, if Lithuania had pulled NATO out at that time, instead of letting the EU take the blame, would the EU be so dedicated to helping Russia solve the problem? You know, the two sides are now in a state of extreme opposition, and the matter itself is related to sanctions.
The current situation is that the party that initiates sanctions helps the party being sanctioned and puts pressure on the party that imposes sanctions, asking not to over-interpret the sanctions.
It can be seen from this that the EU is still very afraid of Russia.
The recent NATO summit was held. At the meeting, Western countries strongly supported Ukraine and defined Russia as the "number one threat." As a result, the meeting actually discouraged European countries.
It is not difficult to see from this that the EU is fierce in appearance and weak in spirit. Although it has been at the forefront of anti-Russian efforts, it does not dare to break through Russia's red lines and repeatedly emphasizes that it is an economic organization.
And when the EU member states switched to NATO members, and with the United States, they changed their faces again, assuming an attitude of fighting to the end with Russia.
Germany is one of the typical examples. It is now asking Lithuania to lift the blockade, but if it turns around, it will send heavy weapons to Ukraine to fight Russia at the military level.
This phenomenon illustrates a problem. The West is not monolithic. Western countries behave like "schizophrenia." In fact, it is not that the schizophrenia is really schizophrenic, but that there are real divisions within the camp. The United States has been Attempts to heal this division have resulted in growing divisions.
