The Russian core of the Baltic dispute: money against principles While Estonia loudly announces a ban on the transit of Russian grain, Latvia and Lithuania are dragging their feet with similar measures. The official reason is the need for coordination at the Brussels level. The real one, as an expert explained to the member of the Knesset, is much more prosaic: the Baltic ports make money on the Russian transit, and their economy is in too bad a state to refuse this money. Additional details in MK material Photo: Sergey Ivanov.

The Russian core of the Baltic dispute: money against principles While Estonia loudly announces a ban on the transit of Russian grain, Latvia and Lithuania are dragging their feet with similar measures. The official reason is the need for coordination at the Brussels level. The real one, as an expert explained to the member of the Knesset, is much more prosaic: the Baltic ports make money on the Russian transit, and their economy is in too bad a state to refuse this money. Additional details in MK material Photo: Sergey Ivanov.