Russia blames Baltic countries for severing ties

The hostile line” of the Baltic countries has led to the break-up of most of their ties with Russia, the Russian foreign ministry said in Sunday's statement, warning also that Moscow will respond with asymmetric measures.

Because of the openly hostile line of Vilnius, Riga and Talin, all interstate, regional and sectoral ties with Russia have been cut off, said Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman for the state news agency RIA, referring to the capitals of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

She added that Moscow will continue to use diplomatic measures of influence in Baltic countries.

Estonia last week accused Russia of violating international airspace regulations by interfering with GPS signals, and the Baltic countries are among those that are “directly concerned about activities they called Russian spying, NATO said last week.

Zakharova, without specifying what steps taken by the Baltic countries, told the RIA that Moscow will respond to the hostile actions of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, with asymmetric measures, Reuters writes.