There are a number of ways to look at the actions of the Russian Federation and the man behind it. Or you could look beyond the person and examine how the state reacts as a whole and what sort of goals and expectations it has. […]
Lithuania is considering national sanctions for Russian citizens in response to the escalating crisis in Ukraine, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated on Thursday. […]
There is a general view that Vladimir Putin governs the Russian Federation as a dictator, that he has defeated and intimidated his opponents and that he has marshaled a powerful threat to surrounding countries. This is a reasonable view, but perhaps it should be re-evaluated in the context of recent events. […]
Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin are leaving London – a decision that was made after the British government’s requirements to punish the rich Russians. […]
Last year an inquiry into the killing of a former Russian spy in London was declined, partly because of Anglo-Russian relations. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has dismissed reports made by an Italian daily, which were commented on by Russia‘s administration, about alleged fighters from the Baltic states, Finland, Sweden and France in Eastern Ukraine. Minister Linkevičius says such allegations are “nonsense”. […]
Members of the youth branch of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (TS-LKD) turned to the state leaders and responsible officials, calling on them to take measures in order to make sure that some Russian performers, who they say spread Moscow’s propaganda, are put on the list of people undesirable in Lithuania. […]
With President Putin’s ratings soaring to supposedly 80 percent in Russia, it is clear that the Russian government has the backing of its population. With democratic expectations rising around the Russian periphery, it is curious to see such a development, but there is an easy explanation for this. […]
The director general of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) maintains that the LRT toes the line of President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s expectations, assisting Lithuania in the information war. […]
European Union foreign ministers threatened Russia with harsher sanctions over Ukraine on Tuesday, with some saying diplomacy was no longer enough to force Moscow to de-escalate the crisis after the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight last week. […]
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, who arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Tuesday, voiced a cautious position on economic sanctions against Russia, but called for imposing movement restrictions for officials close to the Kremlin and stopping sales of weaponry to Russia. […]
Europe is betraying its own values and trades security for profit, which allows Russia to effectively employ the “buy and rule” strategy, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Lithuania is calling for immediate tightening of sanctions, starting with an arms embargo, against Russia following the Malaysian Airlines plane crash which was likely caused by a surface-to-air missile launched by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, the Baltic country’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday. […]
There is a term in chess and checkers called “zugzwang”, which is used to describe the situation when a player’s any move is unfavourable. We can now see Russian “zugzwang” in eastern Ukraine. […]
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