Central/Eastern Europe
Some 50 people mark Russian-Georgian war anniversary at Russian embassy in Vilnius
Around 50 people on Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war at the Russian Embassy in Vilnius. […]
Russian Embassy
Politics
Links of Lithuania’s Poles with Russian Embassy no longer close – security chief
Lithuania’s report of national security threats this year no longer speaks about the Polish community, as “the situation has improved,” says Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department. […]
Politics
Russia condemns Biržai town decision to place signs at monuments to Soviet soldiers
Russia condemned on Monday a decision by the local authority of the nothern Lithuanian district of Biržai to put up special explanatory signs next to monuments to Soviet soldiers to say that the inscriptions on these monuments do not correspond to historical truth. […]
Defence
Russia says its warplanes followed intl practice during flight over Lithuania
Moscow said on Wednesday that two Russian military aircraft violated Lithuanian airspace in late September in order to avoid a storm, which was in line with international rules. […]
Uncategorized
Prosecutors want Russian 60 days behind bars for border offense
Lithuanian prosecutor has asked for a 60-day arrest of the Russian border guard for swimming across the River Šešupė that runs along the Lithuanian-Kaliningrad border in a drunken condition. […]
Society
Rainbow Bus: protest held next to the Russian Embassy
On 13th May, 2017 in order to draw the attention to the persecution and serious human rights violations against LGBT people in Chechnya (Russian Federation), the National LGBT rights organization LGL organized a protest next to the Russian Embassy in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Gay League reported in a press release. […]
CORPORATE
Were surprised only by the Russian Ambassador but not by Russia
The Victims of the Second World War are honoured on 8th of May in Europe and Russia does it a day later. This is why it was surprising when the Russian ambassador to Lithuania Aleksandr […]
Society
CORPORATE
Bizzare Russian Embassy behaviour left Lithuanians puzzled: it’s the 1st time they’ve acted this way
The majority of Russians celebrate May 9th which is a Victory day: Moscow is shaken by a massive military parade and crowds of people go to the cemetery to lay flowers on military graves of […]
Society
Lithuania’s security department under criticism for remarks of ‘exclusive rights’ for Poles
Some political experts say that the State Security Department had no reasons to get involved in political discussions about granting “exclusive rights” to Poles living in Lithuania. […]
Society
Russian embassy opens condolence book for plane crash victims
The Russian embassy in Vilnius has said that members of the public will be able to sign a book of condolences for the victims of Sunday’s plane crash near Sochi. […]
CORPORATE
In Vilnius post-boxes – a Russian invitation to a place “where living standards are 3x higher”
The average inhabitant of Kaliningrad is three times richer than an average Lithuanian. Living standards in the militarised Russian exclave are higher than in Lithuania. Such statements adorn pamphlets distributed into Vilnius post-boxes, with the […]
Politics
Uncategorized
Lithuanians hold action outside Russian embassy to mark 2008 attack on Georgia
Several dozen people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Monday to commemorate and condemn Russia’s actions in Georgia during the short military conflict in August 2008.
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Defence
Spying suspect stripped of Lithuanian citizenship after concealing Russian nationality
Sergey Moiseyenko, a 66-year-old espionage suspect on trial in Lithuania, concealed his Russian citizenship from Lithuanian institutions.
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Foreign affairs
Lithuanian protests and calls for sanctions after Russia imprisons Ukrainian pilot
About 50 people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius at noon on Wednesday, calling for the release of Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is continuing her hunger strike in protest of the court’s proceedings. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania sends note to Russia over obstructed navigation
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that it had sent a note of protest to the Russian Embassy in Lithuania over the repeated impediment of navigation of ships in Lithuania’s exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea. […]
Society
Mission Siberia participants share impressions with Russian ambassador
Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov met with participants of Mission Siberia 2015 earlier this week after they returned to Lithuania from the Russian region of Tomsk. […]
Politics
Lithuanians organize protest outside Russian Embassy over actions in Georgia
Around 50 people attended a rally organized by the opposition party Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats near the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Friday, protesting against Moscow’s actions in Georgia and calling them “creeping occupation”. […]
Society
Lithuania’s Russian speakers mark end of WWII at Vilnius cemetery
As Russia marks the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, several thousand people, mainly Russian-speakers, gathered at Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius to pay tribute to WWII victims and surviving war veterans. […]