Defence
Minister Linkevičius: Russia’s spying in Lithuania shouldn’t surprise anyone
Nobody should be surprised over Russia spying in Lithuania, the Baltic country’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Russia
Society
Russian bikers spotted in Vilnius are not part of Moscow-Berlin march, border service says
Several Russian bikers were spotted in central Vilnius on Monday, sparking speculation that they may be members of the Night Wolves, a nationalist Russian motorcyclist club organizing a road trip from Moscow to Berlin. While a number of members of the club have been stopped and sent back from the Lithuanian border, several Russian bikers were let in. […]
Defence
Edward Lucas: Prosecuting spies “has a good deterrence effect”
Lithuania’s decision to publicly prosecute foreign spies is a good deterrence measure, reflecting the attitude towards Russia as a hostile country, says Edward Lucas, the author of a book on Russian spies. […]
Defence
Lithuania detains suspected Russian spy
A Russian citizen has been detained in Lithuania on the suspicion of spying, the Prosecutor General‘s Office said on Monday. […]
Defence
NATO fighter-jets alerted by Russian war plane over Baltic Sea on Sunday
Fighter-jets serving in the NATO air policing mission in Lithuania on Sunday identified and accompanied a Russian airplane flying over the Baltic Sea with its transponder switched off. […]
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Politics
Andriukaitis showers President Grybauskaitė with criticism for causing psychosis and usurping European Council meetings
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, a member of the ruling Social Democratic Party and currently a European Union commissioner, stated at the party’s congress on Friday that statements about Russia being a “terrorist state”, made by President Dalia Grybauskaitė, leads to a “psychosis” about Lithuania’s possible occupation. […]
Opinion
Opinion: How not to cede hearts and minds of Lithuanian citizens to Putin
Lithuania is very likely to be the only European Union country to completely boycott the end of World War Two commemoration event in Moscow on 9 May. Unlike our closest neighbours – Latvia and Estonia – we will not be even sending a diplomat to the ceremony. […]
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Foreign affairs
Russian ambassador gives no answers on hindrances to NordBalt
Russia‘s ambassador summoned to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on Thursday for a protest on hindrances made by military vessels to the laying of NordBalt cable between Lithuania and Sweden did not give any answers. […]
Energy
Foreign affairs
Energy
North Korean leader cancels trip to Moscow for end of WWII event
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not be coming to Moscow for the Victory Day celebrations on 9 May, ria.ru reports. […]
European Union
Ambassador Ušackas to represent EU at Victory Day events in Moscow
The European Union‘s Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas will represent the EU at commemorative events in Moscow held to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two. […]
Opinion
Opinion: The Russians are coming to occupy the Baltic states
I purposefully chose a title for my piece to evoke the notorious phrase from 1949 by the then US Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal: “The Russians are coming. The Russians are coming. They’re right around. I’ve seen Russian soldiers.” […]
Society
Defence
A war of civilizations: diverging approaches to warfare and Russia’s military reform
Deividas Šlekys, military expert and lecturer at Vilnius University, discusses the nature of warfare and how it has transformed under liberal democracy. […]
Society
Eight Russian bikers sent back at Lithuanian border
A total of eight motorcyclists were refused entry to Lithuania on Monday and Tuesday because they did not have all necessary documents, the State Border Guard Service said. […]
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Polish president: Many EU countries want to lift sanctions on Russia
Many European Union countries want to lift the sanctions on Russia, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said in an interview with the newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. […]