Russia threatens ‘serious consequences’ as Lithuania blocks rail goods

Row escalates over Vilnius's refusal to allow steel and iron ore to cross Russian exclave of Kaliningrad

The head of the Kremlin's security council has threatened the population of Lithuania" in an escalation of the row over Lithuanian railway's refusal to allow some goods to cross the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

After a meeting in the region, which is wedged between Lithuania and Poland, 800 miles from Moscow, Nikolai Patrushev upped the rhetoric by threatening serious consequences".