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Lithuanian army analysts have noted a growing flow of disinformation, with Lithuania's proposal to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens and decisions EU defense ministers being one of the main topics of such reports, the Lithuanian army said on Monday.
Relatives of four people who died in the Soviet army's crackdown on unarmed civilians in Vilnius in January 1991 have appealed against a Vilnius court's decision to drop a civil case they initiated against Mikhail Gorbachev, the then Soviet leader, over his role in the events.
A Vilnius court will decide on the legal successor of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader who died in Moscow on Tuesday, in a civil case over his responsibility for the Soviet army's crackdown on unarmed civilians in the Lithuanian capital in January 1991.
Moscow has formally notified Vilnius that Lithuanians will be able to travel to Russia's Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad with a free e-visa starting July 1.
Lithuania is asking Russia to ensure the security of its embassy in Moscow after its staff received a threatening letter.
Lithuania has delivered a diplomatic note to Russia over threats to its embassy staff and their family members in Moscow.
Russia has announced it will conduct its own investigation into the attempted coup of January 13, 1991, when Soviet armed forces organized an assault against peaceful protesters in Vilnius. The move is not conductive to effective cooperation and will be used as a propaganda tool, the Lithuanian gove...
Due to the crisis in relations with Moscow, the European Union (EU) is currently unable to pressure Russia into cooperating with Lithuania on the January 13 coup case, says EU Ambassador to Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas.
Russia's new National Security Strategy does not consider NATO as a threat, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday commenting on publications in Western media on the issue.
Russian journalist Andrei Nekrasov, who has recently asked for political asylum in Lithuania, said on Friday the Russian Foreign Ministry's request on his extradition only increased the possibility of him being recognized a political refugee.
Lithuania's Foreign Ministry does not intend to respond to Russia's official address on the alleged weapons supply by Lithuania to Ukraine, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports on Thursday.
Last month a peculiar thing happened at the European Parliament. Four men were observed placing books with the title Red Dalia in members’ pigeonholes. Nothing unusual, you say: pigeonholes are for putting missives in. But it wasn’t just any book, and the four men distributed it without permission. ...
Russia will not leave Washington's actions without response, the United States will be fully to blame for the consequences, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich warned on Friday in connection with the signing by US President Barack Obama of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act.
Russia features all characteristics of terrorism amid the actions in Ukraine, says Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
