Ramūnas Bogdanas
CORPORATE

R. Bogdanas. Klaipėda and aggression on the Kerch straits

To sit down with the US president and split the world – this is V. Putin’s great dream. A 20 minute long talk was to be held between the two leaders in Buenos Aires during a G-20 meeting and after – two hour negotiations including delegations. All that remains of this is one question that D. Trump posed to V. Putin as he was walking. This question was not about Syria, not about intermediate distance rockets. It was about the attack on Ukrainians on Kerch straits. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian president to go to China amid growing fears over Trump’s trade war

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Shanghai later this week to discuss trade issues as China is inviting Europe to create a closer alliance to counterbalance the United States‘ protectionist policy. […]

Benjamin Netanyahu
Foreign affairs

Israeli PM arrives in Lithuania for historic visit

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Lithuania on Thursday for a historic visit. […]

US troops in Poland
Defence

Trump says US exercises in Baltics might be discussed during Putin meeting

US President Donald Trump says he might discuss American troops’ training in the Baltic states during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. […]

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CORPORATE

Putin is within easy reach of the Achilles’ heel of NATO

It is now literally just a matter of months before Putin‘s Russia could shake the foundations of NATO and the security structure of Europe. Moreover, Putin may have the opportunity to do this with elegance, with simplicity and in perfect legality. The possible gains for Russia far outweigh any reason for restraint. All signs indicate that Kremlin strategists have long been aware of the opportunity, and have been actively working to seize it. The groundwork is ongoing and plain to see. In autumn of this year, politicians loyal to the Kremlin will be in a position, formally and legally, to take political control of the central Baltic State – Latvia. The next step would be technically simple – a newly elected government, beholden to Moscow, would withdraw Latvia from NATO. And this would change everything far more profoundly than we might imagine. […]

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Foreign affairs

New US defense attaché accredited to Lithuania

Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Mcvey was on Tuesday accredited as the United States‘ new defense attaché to Lithuania, the Defense Ministry said. […]