Dalia Grybauskaitė meets Vladimir Putin in 2010
Foreign affairs

Moscow denies Putin’s list of demands to Lithuania’s president

Moscow denied on Tuesday that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin had in 2010 submitted a list of demands to Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Kęstutis Girnius
CORPORATE

K. Girnius. Trump and Lithuania – how we should act

Donald Trump has been president for half a year now. He has little to celebrate or be proud of. His popularity is declining despite continuing support from Republican Party members. A siege mentality has descended […]

Russia's Duma
Opinion

Putin’s Russia – can hitting rock bottom destroy the system?

The election of the Russian Duma was a paradox. On the one hand, fourteen parties were on the list; only seven parties were permitted to run five years ago. Ela Pamfilova, considered to be a liberal, has replaced an old associate of Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Churov as the Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission and PARNAS (People’s Freedom Party). Other opposition parties’ representatives have openly criticized the President live, on national television. […]

CORPORATE

Loyalties and opinions of Lithuania’s ethnic minorities

Russia would defend the rights of its nationals and Russian speakers everywhere, including abroad. Such are the menacing notions emanating from the Kremlin for some time now. Meanwhile what would the ethnic Russians of Lithuania do if Russian tanks and “green men” rolled into Lithuania? […]

French President Francois Hollande and Russia's Vladimir Putin
Uncategorized

Russia is partner, but not friend of France – Senate member in Vilnius

Russia is a partner for France, but not a friend, French Senate member Hélène Conway-Mouret has said in Vilnius, adding that Russia was not a bigger threat to NATO and Europe than Islamic State.

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