European Union
EU announces new set of sanctions on Russia
After a week’s delay, the European Union has declared a new set of sanctions on Russia. […]
Russia
Opinion
Opinion: Where Putin will be stopped?
How far will the aggressive regime of Vladimir Putin go? I put this question in June to my former colleague who is ambassador of one of the foreign countries. The answer was simple and precise – Putin will go as far as the Western States will allow it. […]
European Union
Economy
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What’s behind Russia’s peace plan for Ukraine?
Even the groups within Russia‘s ruling elite that used to advocate open war with Ukraine are warming up to the possibility of peace talks, says political analyst Marius Laurinavičius of the Vilnius-based Eastern Europe Studies Centre. […]
Foreign affairs
PM says Russia is trying to intimidate Lithuanians who refused to serve in Soviet army
The Russian request for legal assistance in the investigation of the case when Lithuanians refused to serve in the Soviet army in the early 1990s is an attempt to intimidate them, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
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Estonia hires Pussy Riot’s lawyers to defend abducted Security Police officer
Estonia decided to hire lawyers Mark Feigin and Nikolai Polozov, who have defended members of the controversial Russian punk band Pussy Riot, to represent Estonian Security Police (KaPo) official Eston Kohver, who is claimed to have been abducted on Friday on the Estonian territory and taken to Moscow, Public Broadcasting reports. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Tomaševski’s path from Polish identity to Putin‘s “Russian World”
You cannot even imagine how painful it is for a real dzūkas [south-east Lithuanian] to see reports about people in Žemaitija [west Lithuania] picking mushrooms by hundreds and asking what to do with such wealth, while our pine forests, growing on the mainland sand dunes, are dry and bare from the summer heat. Only on the day of St. Bartholomew were we blessed with some all-day rain; after that rain it will be finally possible to go mushroom hunting. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian defence minister says EU should send humanitarian aid and military equipment to Ukraine
The European Union should provide Ukraine with both humanitarian aid and military equipment, Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said in an informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Milan this week. […]
Global LT
Humanitarian mission to Ukraine
The history of the partisan resistance is an integral part of Lithuania’s resistance to Soviet-Russia’s aggression and still speaks to the imagination of most Lithuanians. The present situation of Russian aggression and warfare in Eastern Ukraine and the forceful annexation of Crimea have brought back dreadful memories to many in Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian MP: Russia’s policies in Ukraine are in dead-end
Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs, social democrat Gediminas Kirkilas, believes that Russia‘s policies in relation to Ukraine are in a dead-end, while further military action would not bring victories but only increase tension and bring new sanctions. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament revokes approval for conservative MP’s trip to Russia
The Lithuanian parliament’s board on Wednesday cancelled its approval to let MP Egidijus Vareikis of the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) on a trip to Russia. […]
Foreign affairs
Legal expert: Russia indicates that it questions Lithuania’s independence
Attempts by Russia‘s law enforcement agencies to re-open criminal prosecution against Lithuanian nationals who avoided military service in the Soviet army in 1990-1991 has no legal basis, says international law expert Erika Leonaitė. […]
Economy
Lithuania to be most affected by Russia’s import ban, says EBRD
Lithuania will likely feel the most severe effects of Russia‘s ban on food imports from the European Union as the country’s ratio of food exports to Russia to GDP is the highest in the bloc, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said. […]
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Estonian consul met with abducted Security Police official in Moscow
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that the Estonian Security Police (KaPo) official Eston Kohver, who was detained by Russia‘s FSB last Friday, was allowed on Tuesday to meet with Estonian consul in Moscow, Public Broadcasting reports. […]
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Former CIA analyst: The fall of Putin’s Russia is a matter of several years
Though there is almost a feeling of euphoria in Russia over the aggression against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is leading his country into its demise, claims former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst Paul Goble in an interview with DELFI. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister: Prosecution of Soviet army deserters is absurd as Russia has denied continuity with USSR
Russia‘s attempts to prosecute persons who refused to serve in the Soviet army is absurd, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
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Russia has declared different war on Baltic states, says former State Security Department chief
The abduction of Estonian Security Police (KaPo) officer Eston Kohver last Friday was a message by Russia to the Baltic states and Poland timed to coincide with the NATO Summit, says Mečys Laurinkus, former chief of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD). […]
European Union
Lithuanian foreign minister hopes EU’s new Russia sanctions to take effect soon
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that the new sanctions against Russia announced by the European Union (EU) on Monday should take effect in the nearest future. […]
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President Poroshenko: We will not give to anybody any bit of Ukrainian land
Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko visits the eastern port of Mariupol Monday in a show of solidarity with its embattled citizens. […]