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Russia is exploiting automatic medical exemptions in EU sanctions regulations to import dual-use goods for its military, Lithuania's Deputy Foreign Minister Gabija Grigaite-Daugirde told Bloomberg on June 12.

According to Grigaite-Daugirde, Lithuanian customs authorities blocked 28,854 goods in 2024 that were allegedly destined for Russia and Belarus "under the guise of medical exemption."

Many of the flagged shipments contained parts for motor vehicles, refrigerators, copiers, and microelectronics — all of which can have military applications.

"We have witnessed parts for motor vehicles, refrigerators, copying machines, and other types of microelectronics being exported directly to Russia, claiming that these are bound for medical use," she said.

Under current EU rules, medical exemptions are automatically granted, leaving customs authorities to investigate the shipments retroactively. Lithuania has called for reforms allowing exporters to apply for exemptions before shipments are approved.

"Leaving automatic exemptions from sanctions for medical goods is like closing a door but leaving a keyhole," Grigaite-Daugirde said. "Russia definitely finds a way to pass."

As Moscow shifts to a wartime economy and seeks Western-made technology for its arms production, its efforts to circumvent sanctions have grown "desperate," she added.

Lithuania, a key EU and NATO member bordering both Belarus and Russia's heavily militarized Kaliningrad exclave, has taken a hardline stance on enforcement and regularly pushes for tougher sanctions within the bloc.

Read also: Why can’t the West match Russia’s ammunition production?


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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There's 2 ticks on the Tesseract menu when you want to ban an user from interacting with your community without directly looking for their comments and I accidentally hit the bottom option instead of the top one.

Take at that what you will.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sorry about that, I definitely ate the onion in that situation.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Canada shares borders with Denmark and France 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇫🇷

Democracies together strong 🦍

When often people like to assume we “only have America” as our neighbour 👎

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

I’m glad to have Denmark by our side 🇨🇦🇩🇰

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago

MAGA sure loves hurting people and then neglecting them.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Especially to the 2 big groups in the area.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think it only costs lw $300 a month to host their instance.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People really do seem much more down to earth and talkative here.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

As evident with the owner of X trying to pressure Steve Huffman to burn down Reddit as well.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The world can embargo Russia without too much effort.

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