Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region unnerved Russia’s neighbors from Kazakhstan in the south to the Baltic states in the north. Lithuania’s newly re-elected President spoke about her neighbor to the east – Russia.
In Lithuania, July is the season of song festivals, like this one in the 15th century church of Saints Johns.
But across a cobblestone street, in the white washed neo-classical presidential palace, Lithuania’s president Dalia Grybauskaite sees little harmony with her massive neighbor to the east – Russia. “Now, we see aggressive rhetoric, aggressive behavior, aggressive propaganda, and informational wars,” she noted.
Great Russian chauvinism
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Source: Voice of America
