Lithuania blocks transit of rapeseed oil stolen by Russian tax collectors

Published 2025년 2월 24일

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Lithuania has stopped a shipment of rapeseed oil from Belarus, which was found to have been made from products originating from Ukraine's occupied territories, specifically the Kherson region. The oil, provided by the Belarusian company Agroproduct, was being transported through Lithuania to Norway, Israel, China, the UAE, and Vietnam. The shipment was detained after an investigation into the source of the raw materials. Agroproduct is not currently on any international sanctions list.
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Lithuania has found out that rapeseed oil transiting from Belarus was made from products from the occupied territories of Ukraine and has blocked the shipment. This is reported by Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. It turned out that thousands of tons of rapeseed oil from the Belarusian company Agroproduct were being transported by rail through Lithuania. After investigators began to investigate the origin of the raw materials for Agroproduct products, LTG Cargo, a company belonging to the LTG group (Lithuanian Railways), announced an internal investigation and suspended the shipment. Last week, eight wagons with rapeseed oil were detained at the Kiana station, which were heading to the port of Klaipeda. Agroproduct is one of the Belarusian plants that has been supplied with rapeseed from the occupied territories of Ukraine, mainly from the Kherson region, since 2023. Belarusian oil was sent in transit through Lithuania to Norway, Israel, China, the UAE and Vietnam. The company "Agroproduct" is ...
Source: Agropolit

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