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Nuclear security and arms control are non-issues for Russia

April 7, 2016 Pavel K. Baev 0

Russia’s absence from the nuclear summit in Washington, DC, last week was entirely predictable and yet baffling. […]

Dutch referendum rejects EU partnership with Ukraine

April 7, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

A referendum vote in the Netherlands on whether or not the country should support an EU partnership deal with Ukraine that would lower trade barriers on Wednesday indicated that many of the country’s people would be against the agreement. […]

EU Ambassador: Russia sanctions are working

April 5, 2016 LT Daily 0

The European Union‘s sanctions on Russia have worked, EU Ambassador to Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas believes. If it were not for the sanctions, the EU would not have reached the Minsk agreements on truce in eastern […]

Panama Papers reveal offshore wealth of Ukrainian president

April 4, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is among national leaders with offshore wealth, a report by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) as part of huge tax leak dubbed “Panama Papers” revealed Monday. […]

In Belarus, a political transformation takes shape

April 1, 2016 STRATFOR 0

For two decades Belarus has clung to the past. Led by President Aleksandr Lukashenko since 1994, the country’s political system remains largely unreformed since the Soviet era. […]

Russian separatist leader in Donetsk had a permanent residence permit in Lithuania

March 31, 2016 LT Daily 0

The leader of a Donetsk separatist military group, Eastern Front, Eduard Akopov is married to a Lithuanian and had a permanent residence permit in Lithuania, according to the State Security Department (VSD). […]

Migration and terrorism will push West to cooperate with Russia – Lithuanian intelligence

March 30, 2016 BNS 0

Counter-terrorism efforts and the migration crisis will reduce the international community’s attention on the security situation in Eastern Europe and will have a negative effect upon Lithuania, according to Lithuanian intelligence assessments. […]

US ambassador to NATO: Lithuanian leaders understand changed security situation

March 29, 2016 www.lrt.lt 0

Attacks in Brussels last week were not an assault against NATO, US Ambassador to the North Atlantic Council Douglas Lute tells LRT television. He visited Lithuania last week as part of a NATO delegation ahead of the summit in Warsaw this summer where Lithuania and other eastern Alliance members are seeking greater NATO presence in their territories. […]

Bashar al Assad and Vladimir Putin, kremlin.ru photo

The ulterior motive behind Russia’s partial Syria withdrawal

March 27, 2016 Garrett I. Campbell 0

With great fanfare and “surprise” Russia once again seemingly out-maneuvered Western leadership in Syria. While much ink has been spilled debating whether President Vladimir Putin is executing a sound strategy—or is merely a tactical opportunist—it is clear that he has achieved his primary strategic goal: making Russia geopolitically relevant again and forcing the West to begrudgingly accept that it must take into account Russian interests. But there is an ulterior motive to Putin’s partial withdrawal. […]

Lithuania to get more US troops – US General

March 25, 2016 BNS 0

The US will send more troops to Lithuania as it starts it preparations to step up its presence and capabilities in Europe, said United States Army Europe Commander Lieutenant General Ben Hodges. […]

NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow

NATO won’t trade Eastern European security for Russia’s help in fighting terrorism

March 24, 2016 BNS 0

NATO will not renounce additional security measures in Eastern Europe in exchange for Russia’s potential assistance in fighting terrorism, a top NATO official said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]

Lithuanian to head Ukrainian State Depository

March 23, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuanian Mindaugas Bakas has been selected to chair the Ukrainian State Depository, reports ukrainianjournal.com […]

Savchenko will be released, Lithuania’s EU ambassador believes

March 23, 2016 BNS 0

The European Union‘s (EU) ambassador to Moscow, Lithuanian diplomat Vygaudas Ušackas, has said he expects the Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who has been sentenced to 22 years in prison by a Russian court, to be soon released to Ukraine. […]

Ukrainian pilot Savchenko given 22-year prison sentence

March 22, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has been sentenced to 22 years in jail by a Russian court which found her guilty of of charges relating to the deaths of two Russian journalists. […]

Savchenko trial ‘nothing but farce’, says Lithuanian president’s adviser

March 22, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The trial of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko in Russia is “nothing but farce”, says the Lithuanian president’s advisor. […]

Ukrainian pilot Savchenko found guilty by Russian court

March 21, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

A Russian court passed a guilty verdict for Ukrainian armed force pilot Nadiya Savchenko in a case Lithuania regards as unlawful. […]

Russia is ‘biggest threat to Lithuania’s security’ – Ministry of Defence

March 18, 2016 BNS 0

Russia is the biggest threat to Lithuanian security and military aggression is no longer just a hypothetical possibility, according to the updated Military Strategy drafted by Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence. […]

‘Two years after illegal annexation of Crimea, human rights violations abound’

March 18, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Six foreign ministers of the Baltic and Nordic states call on Europe not to let down pressure on Russia over the annexation of Crimea. What follows is their message: […]

The Pope and the Patriarch: Russia’s search for the right West

March 18, 2016 Alexander Baunov 0

The Western political establishment is hostile to Russia. This makes it all the more important to demonstrate that the Western religious establishment is more sympathetic. Regardless of Putin’s aims, the meeting between Pope and Patriarch has become a landmark event in the history of Christianity. […]

Old coins found inside a book. Photo: Customs Department

Lithuanian customs discover 16th century coins hidden in horror story book

March 17, 2016 BNS 0

Lithuanian customs officers discovered old silver coins hidden in a book of horror stories, the Customs Department said on Thursday. […]