Poor bralyukas. Latvia demands millions from them again 0 13

As reported by the infrastructure management company of the LTG group "LTG Infra", LDz has demanded compensation for additional damages, while "LDz Cargo" is calculating the amount of additional compensation.

"On September 4, 2025, LTG received an additional claim from LDz for damages amounting to €32.77 million due to lost profits and interest. LTG requested the calculation methodology and details. On December 23, 2025, a response was received from LDz stating that the calculations would not be provided for now," the report on the activities of "LTG Infra" for 2025 states.

"Additionally, LDz indicated that the damages incurred by 'LDz Cargo' are currently being calculated, but a claim has not yet been filed," the company added.

"LTG Infra" states that it disagrees with these demands and considers them unfounded.

It was previously reported that LDz and "LDz Cargo" are demanding compensation from LTG in the amount of €82.32 million with 6% annual interest for the dismantled section from Mažeikiai to the Latvian border.

At that time, LDz stated that its losses incurred from 2009 to 2017 amounted to €56.92 million, while "LDz Cargo" incurred €25.4 million. The Latvian side claimed that if LTG refused to pay, Latvian companies would consider taking legal action.

The then Prime Minister of Lithuania, Saulius Skvernelis, stated in September 2018 that he did not understand such a move by Latvia and called the claim legally unfounded. The then Minister of Transport, Rokas Masiulis, regarded this step as an electoral political game. He expressed regret that Riga did not wait for the conclusion of the proceedings with the European Commission, especially since Lithuania had already begun to restore the section in Renge.

The 19-kilometer section from the "Orlen Lietuva" oil refinery in Mažeikiai to Renge was dismantled in 2008. In 2017, the European Commission fined LTG €27.87 million for this. The company appealed the decision to the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU), which in November 2020 dismissed the claim but reduced the fine to €20.069 million.

According to the EU court, LTG abused its dominant position in the Lithuanian freight transport market. The company failed to prove that the condition of the section was so poor that immediate and complete dismantling was required.

Lithuanian Railways restored the section for €10 million at the end of 2019. In early 2020, freight trains resumed operations on it - "Orlen Lietuva" transports petroleum products to Latvia via this route. From the Latvian border, the cargo is taken over by LDz.

According to the editorial board of bb.lv, the story is more than complicated. And, of course, no millions from Latvia will come in the near future. Although I would like to be wrong...