Re: (russian)Talks With EU Stall Due to Lithuanian Veto

On Apr 29, 2:12 pm, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Mikhail Medved wrote:
> > On Apr 25, 5:06 pm, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> "Mikhail Medved" <mikhail_b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> Russia has everything it needs for the life of its citizens.
> >> Really? I wonder what's on all those trucks going across the
Finno-Russian
> >> border then? An average of 1,300 trucks daily at the Vaalimaa station
alone.
> >> Almost 40% of Russia's im****ts go via Finland. But you say that
'Russia has
> >> everything it needs for the life of its citizens'...
>
> > You unhappy of that? Then try to lobby your Finnish government to stop
> > the trade across the border and see what happened (he-he-he).
>
> He-he yourself. Who do you think would suffer more, the Finns or the
> Russians?

I don't think Russians will suffer even a tiny bit. And I think you
don't understand the world you are living in: best western companies
are standing in line to establish modern production in Russia. If
Finland stops its trade with Russia, there will be plenty of players
willing to start production of the same goods in Russia proper.

Don't get me wrong, I like normal trade relations between my country
and its neighbors. But when someone tries to use it as a blackmail, as
the Lithuanian government chose to do lately, Russia will rightfully
tell them to take a walk.

Let me do a little forecast: Lithuania will not get a cent because of
its stupid grandstanding. Instead, it will have to get rid of its
current stupid government, just as Poland had to do not so long ago.

> It would take years for the Russian side to establish a
> reliable substitute for Finland-based logistics.

Don't be ridiculous. Russia needs Finland as much as a rich estate
owner needs a gardener. If the current gardener choose to "take a
stand" instead of work according to the contract, he will be quickly
substituted.