How are billions of euros being stolen in Lithuania?

If you steal a chicken in Lithuania, you will be visited by the police, the STT and Lithuanian Department of Homeland Security . After all, this is a case of illegal enrichment, it is a threat to the Constitution of Lithuania. If you steal billions of euros in Lithuania, all these services will see absolutely nothing that would cause the slightest suspicion.

 

    "A group of members of the Seimas asked the head of the Lithuanian Department of Homeland Security whether the attempt of the rulers to terminate the transit of Belaruskalij through Lithuania was not similar to the case of Mažeikių Nafta, which was made deliberately bankrupt and sold to the Russian company Yukos through US intermediaries.

 

    Members of the Seimas asked whether a similar scenario did not threaten Lithuanian Railways and Klaipėda Seaport Authority - if the unilateral termination of the transit of potassium fertilizers threatens that companies may have to pay billions in fines, which would lead them to bankruptcy.

 

    “Investments in strategic sectors are regulated and their protection must be ensured by the Law on the Protection of Objects Important for Ensuring National Security. Lithuanian intelligence does not currently have data on alleged scenarios to cause the said companies to go bankrupt or sell them for pennies to foreign countries,” - D. Jauniškis asserted.

 

    Klaipėda Seaport Authority does not have any agreements with Belaruskalij, therefore it would not have to pay fines or otherwise suffer due to the interrupted transit.

 

    The transit of Belaruskalij fertilizers through Lithuania continues despite the US sanctions against the company that entered into force on December 8. Before the sanctions came into force, the Belarusian company transferred an advance to Lietuvos Geležinkeliai for several months ahead.

 

    The government has announced that it intends to terminate the Lithuanian Railways' agreement with Belaruskalij after the sanctions come into force, although it says that the US sanctions do not directly apply to the transit of fertilizers in Lithuania. "

 

The fines are not the only problem, even if the port does not pay any fines. If the port and the railroads are left without income from main transit customers, they have no money to keep up expensive transit infrastructure and go bankrupt anyway.