Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a briefing in Moscow that Russia would give a resolute and destructive response to the initiators of 'insane anti-Russian adventures' in the event of further escalation of the military-political situation in the Baltic. ^[1] Alexander Grushko, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, stated during a briefing at the Eastern Economic Forum that Western countries are openly preparing to blockade the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad in the event of an escalation of the conflict. ^[2] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told reporters on September 2 that the scale of container shipping along the Northern Sea Route is growing exponentially rather than incrementally. ^[3] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on September 3 at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok that a new package of EU sanctions against Russia would add nothing and change nothing in the current state of affairs, but would have an even more negative impact on the European Union's economic, political, and domestic situation. ^[4] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko warned on 2026-09-03 that Russia has both the will and the resources to mount a serious response to the European Union's actions involving its frozen assets. ^[5] Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko previously stated that the West uses the Baltic Sea as a training ground for exercising deterrence against Russia. ^[6] Russia warned that it would take compensatory countermeasures if the United States deploys weapons in Japan under the guise of military exercises. ^[7] Alexander Grushko said that the current year has seen the launch of the first significant container shipments along the Asia-Europe route. ^[8]