Andrey Piontkovsky
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Andrey Piontkovsky: Putin plans to play poker, not chess

Russian president Vladimir Putin intends to blackmail the West with a nuclear weapon. So says Russian policy expert Andrey Piontkovsky. He reasons that if the “little green men” and Russian troops turn up in Estonia, for example, Vladimir Putin would warn NATO not to intervene because that would be a Russian World affair and he’d threaten to use nuclear weapons if the Alliance took military action against him. […]

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Sports

Rugby Union: Lithuania inspired by fans

Lithuania’s national coach Ntando Majokweni-Manyosha has stated that he was pleased with his youthful talents who held off an experienced Hungarian national team 38:29 in Šiauliai. […]

Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas
Politics

Lithuanian interior minister will have to resign if his associates are found guilty of corruption

If law enforcement agencies find that members of the Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas‘ team breached laws, the minister will have to assume moral responsibility and resign, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Monday. […]

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Society

Over half Lithuanians consider Russia a threat

As many as 55 percent of people in Lithuania consider Russia a threat to the Baltic states, according to a recent survey. […]

Energy Minister Masiulis and President Grybauskaitė at LNG terminal's welcoming ceremony
Energy

Floating LNG terminal “Independence” sails into Klaipėda

The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), built for Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, sailed into the port of Klaipėda on Monday morning. At a welcoming ceremony in the afternoon, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said this was a groundbreaking achievement in the country’s aspiration for energy independence. […]