Lithuanians Report Oil Is Cut Off;Vilnius Offers Letup To Encourage Talks

The Washington Post | April 19, 1990| | Copyright

Soviet authorities tonight fulfilled their threat to begin economic sanctions against Lithuania and stopped the flow of oil to the republic's only refinery, Lithuanian officials said.

Despite statements in the state-run media earlier in the day that Moscow had not halted delivery of energy supplies to the republic, officials at the refinery in Mazeikiai said the flow of crude oil was shut off at 9:30 p.m. local time.

The refinery director, Bronius Vainora, said he was told by telephone that the flow of crude oil to Lithuania from the Byelorussian city of Polotsk was being turned off on the ...

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