News archive on the topic "Lithuania"

“Minister of Defense” of the self-proclaimed “President of Belarus” Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Valery Sakhashchik, said that Russia and Belarus are “preparing a blitzkrieg against Vilnius using nuclear weapons.” He said this at a rally in Warsaw dedicated to the nationalist holiday “Freedom Day,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The West is confident that a military catastrophe awaits Russia. The Kremlin also understands this, and therefore they are working on it...

The victory of Ukraine will give rise to the beginning of the broadest regional transformation of Belarus and Russia in the European space. The former Prime Minister of Lithuania, Member of the European Parliament Andrius Kubilius stated this at the Kiev Security Forum, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “What do I expect from the elections? I expect to be re-elected. And secondly, I ask myself what I expect from the next parliament...

Belarusians, especially oppositionists, who came to Lithuania in the tens of thousands after the events of 2020, are becoming increasingly uncomfortable there. Back in December last year, the Lithuanian authorities reported that during the year 1944 Belarusian citizens were declared a “threat to national security” and were refused to renew their residence permits on this basis. It got to the point that the Belarusian, who after the army...

Polish farmers are preparing to block the border with Lithuania, which is accused of involvement in the import of Ukrainian grain. In Lithuania they fear that this will lead to considerable economic losses. The largest Polish-language newspaper in Lithuania, Vilna Courier, writes about this, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Next Friday, ok. At 10:00, Polish farmers will begin blocking the former Kalwaria-Budzisko border crossing on the Polish-Lithuanian border. By…

Lithuanians once loved Belarusians. Belarusians came mainly wealthy and solvent. They made money for local shopping centers, where they bought things from European brands at relatively reasonable prices, filled hotel rooms, and in the evenings wandered around cozy Vilnius bars and drank good local beer. Sometimes they drank too much and did obscene things, but the police know their stuff. In a word...

Olga Karach is a well-known figure in the Belarusian opposition and knows how to surprise. Just three days ago, a video appeared on the website of her organization “Our Home” in which Karach, all in white, said that about 1100 Belarusians were recognized as a threat to the national security of Lithuania and that 300 of them had already been deported to their homeland in one way or another and called for sending ...

I wonder how it will be, “Why do we care?” in Lithuanian? Our Baltic neighbors, introducing their discriminatory rules against Russian and Belarusian citizens, are sincerely indignant when they are paid in return in exactly the same coin. With an interval of an hour and a half, I saw two messages in the news feed this morning. First, about the fact that over the past six months the refusal of entry...

Lithuanian authorities have noted a significant increase in the influx of Ukrainian cash due to the influx of refugees entering the country from Russia and Ukraine. The government is preparing to submit to the Seimas a draft amendment to the regulations that would tighten penalties for violating the rules for importing cash, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Often, in order not to declare cash, citizens cross the border in groups. The transported amounts are divided into smaller...

Poland has begun installing anti-tank barriers at the Bobrowniki checkpoint on the border with Belarus. Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak said that a “proactive strengthening of security on the border with Russia and Belarus” is beginning, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This is an element of our defense and deterrence strategy. The first fortifications have already been placed on the border with the Kaliningrad region,” Blaschak said. The border is being planned...

In 10 years, Ukraine will supposedly be a member of NATO and the EU. Member of the European Parliament and former Minister of Defense of Lithuania Rasa Juknevičienė stated this in an interview with Deutsche Welle, a Politnavigator correspondent reports. “Before our eyes, a strong and important support for the defense of the entire European continent is being born. This is Ukraine and the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This will be the strongest force on the European continent when they...

Ukraine needs to be supplied with as many weapons as possible. Member of the European Parliament and former Minister of Defense of Lithuania Rasa Juknevičienė stated this in an interview with Deutsche Welle, a Politnavigator correspondent reports. “I’m surprised that the West is so united and has done so much for Ukraine. Of course I would like more. I would like these long-range (as they say in Russian) missiles, so that there are two or three...

Lithuania should not have allowed Ksenia Sobchak, who is fleeing criminal prosecution, into its territory, who only pretends to be a pro-Western liberal, but in fact, all these years she has been integrated into and fed by the Russian authorities. Political strategist Taras Berezovets, who serves the interests of ex-President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, stated this on air on the Pryamoy TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I didn’t understand why...

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda responded to yesterday’s Twitter post by American billionaire Elon Musk, who proposed an option for reconciliation between Ukraine and Russia, which is equally unacceptable for both Kyiv and Moscow. The head of the Lithuanian limitrophe responded to Musk on Twitter. “Dear Elon Musk, when someone tries to steal the wheels of your Tesla, that does not make them the rightful owner of the car or the wheels.…

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko demanded to take action against Lithuania, whose authorities took away 30% of the bulk cargo terminal in the Klaipeda port, owned by the Belaruskali enterprise. Old Man said this at a meeting today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We bought some shares in Lithuania and Latvia. We have some property there. Not only were these sanctions imposed illegally, but also...