Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticised Lithuanian authorities that have denied entry to Russian constitutional judges because of their ruling on Crimea, Baltic news site Delfi has reported.
Lithuania is set to host a summit of constitutional judges in March 2017. However, the Russian delegation was blacklisted by the Baltic country’s migration department because of their endorsement of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
A majority of countries in the U.N. General Assembly opposed the snap decision to hold a vote on Crimea joining Russia without Ukraine’s consent in 2014. However, Russia deemed the vote constitutional. Lithuania, a close partner …read more
Source: Newsweek
