Russia has accepted the EU proposal for a Facilitated Transit Document (FTD) to travel from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad, leading to an agreement by both sides after months of wrangling for a solution. Russia had demanded visa free travel through Lithuania, as it was supposed to implement its visa-regime from January next year. The EU-Russia deal reached on Monday, however, might lead Lithuania to postpone its full implementation of a visa regime in January, applying instead a "flexible" so...
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