The military attacks in Ukraine that claim civilian lives should be deemed terrorist attacks, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says, adding that the European Union (EU) should tighten its sanctions on Russia following the latest attacks in Donetsk and Mariupol. […]
Mikhail Khodorkovsky‘s speech in Vilnius last week drew considerable controversy, with some saying his suggestions of easing economic sanctions on Russia played right into Vladimir Putin‘s interests, while others noting Khodorkovsky’s sober and measured reasoning. The following is a full transcript of Khodorkovsky’s address, translated from Russian by Katerina Sinkevičienė. […]
On Wednesday, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, met with US Secretary of State, John Kerry. The two discussed a number of issues during a luncheon meeting, in particular the situation in Ukraine, the recent wave of terrorist violence in France and other EU countries, energy independence, and other security issues. […]
European Union foreign ministers said on Monday there were no grounds to lift economic sanctions against Russia despite conciliatory proposals from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini. […]
In its discussion of the relations with Russia, the European Union (EU) should act in accordance to the actual situation rather than illusions, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday upon arrival at a meeting in Brussels. […]
Russia intends to lift sanctions on imports of food and farm products from certain European Union (EU) countries, which were introduced last August. However, the list of the countries does not include Lithuania, the Agriculture Minister and the Chief Veterinary Officer have said. […]
A plan by Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, regarding relations with Russia is constructive one and leaves space for discussions, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, has said. […]
The existing sanctions have not only an economic, but also a political effect on Russia, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says, adding that there are currently no signs that would allow to speak about changing the existing policy. […]
The West should revise the sanctions for Russia, as they have rallied the Russian support to the Kremlin, Russia’s former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an ardent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said in Vilnius. […]
Seeking the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict, the European Union must have a consistent and united strategy on Russia, European Council President Donald Tusk said in Vilnius on Wednesday. […]
Lilia Shevtsova, a Russia expert at the Brookings Institution, says that Vladimir Putin is a far cry from the shrewd and effective leader everyone, friends and foes alike, take him to be. On the contrary, she says, the Russian president is a shallow mediocrity who has not got a clue how to avert his country’s imminent collapse. […]
Russia has so far shown no positive signs in connection to the conflict in Ukraine, so there are no reasons to ease the European Union (EU) sanctions, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
In an annual press conference held on 18 December, Linas Linkevičius, Lithuanian minister of foreign affairs, summarized his priority activities of 2014. These included deepening of relations with EU Eastern partners, consistent support to Ukraine, active membership of the UN Security Council and economic diplomacy efforts. […]
The plunge of the rouble indicates that the Western sanctions on Russia are starting to work, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday upon arrival at the European Union‘s (EU) summit in Brussels. […]
While nobody wants Russia to go bankrupt, the rouble crisis and the pending economic difficulties should make Russia revise its policies, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Monday called on the European Union to exercise patience and consistency in relations with Russia and draw up new sanctions over the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea. […]
President Vladimir Putin gave his annual state of the nation address in the Russian parliament. Lithuanian political analyst Kęstutis Girnius summarizes Putin’s main message thus: sanctions are Western countries’ fault, not his. […]
The European Union‘s sanctions are not aimed at ordinary Russian citizens, and Europe is committed to further invest in people-to-people contacts, the Lithuanian EU Ambassador to Russia, Vygaudas Ušackas, said in his welcome speech at the opening of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum in Tallinn. […]
Lithuania’s gross domestic product could fall by four percent if all exports to Russia came to a halt and some of logistic companies went bankrupt, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday, adding that the likelihood of the worst-case scenario is low. […]
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