Russian President Vladimir Putin is the great survivor of European politics. Western leaders come and go, but Putin has persisted. He has managed to hold on to power for nearly two decades, through three foreign wars, two economic crises, multiple presidential and parliamentary elections (of varying degrees of fairness), a series of leadership reshuffles, the rise and fall of oil prices, and successive waves of economic sanctions. […]
Lithuania will not appeal against the European Commission‘s decision in its probe against Russia‘s gas giant Gazprom as this would not bring much benefit to the country, which has sufficient means to ensure its energy security, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said on Friday. […]
Russia’s gas concern Gazprom should compensate Lithuania and other countries of the European Union (EU) affected by its monopoly, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated after meeting with EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager in Vilnius on Tuesday morning. […]
Russia is using energy projects, such as the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus and the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, to intimidate Europe, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the United States, Rolandas Krisciunas, said at a conference of the executive council, ministers and diplomats of the Community of Democracies last Friday. […]
The European Commission and the Russian gas giant Gazprom should hold negotiations on new commitments, as the current ones no longer reflect the reality and will have no effect upon Central and Eastern European gas markets, says Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas. […]
When on 15 January 1991, the United Nations issued an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to withdraw troops from occupied Kuwait, it was clear for Lithuania that the Soviet Union might take advantage of this event and hit back at our independence. […]
I have been dealing with European security for more than thirty years, as an activist during the Cold War, as a journalist, and at think-tanks1. […]
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