RUSSIA TO USE ALTERNATIVES TO BALTIC PORTS.

Lukoil willbe using Baltic ports less and less in the coming months, itsdirector Vagit Alikperov told BNS August 30. As a result, therevenues of the three countries from transit fees will drop dramatically.Meanwhile, Lukoil officials said that they would finance the explorationof an undersea oil field in a disputed region between Kaliningradand Lithuania.

Lithuanian President: West Must Take In Baltics as a Group.