Lithuania–Russia relations or the Russo-Lithuanian relations are the bilateral relations between the Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Federation. They have been marked by a long and turbulent history dating back to the Middle Ages. The …

Jun 22, 2022 · New tensions between Moscow and the West are rising after Lithuania decided to halt the transport of some goods through its territory to the Russian region of Kaliningrad as part of European Union sanctions on the Kremlin.

On 4 April 2022, Lithuania decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with Russia "in response to Russia's military aggression against sovereign Ukraine and the atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces in various occupied Ukrainian cities, including the heinous massacre in …

Jan 5, 2025 · Lithuanian Special Forces in Afghanistan (Lithuanian Armed Forces) For some Americans, Lithuania is only known as a former Soviet state…and maybe as the home country of Captain Marko Ramius, played by Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October. As a result, it may come as a surprise that Lithuania has a long history of resistance and a culture ...

Jun 21, 2022 · Russia has reacted furiously after Lithuania banned the passage of sanctioned goods across its territory and into Kaliningrad. But Lithuania says it is merely upholding European Union sanctions,...

Jun 21, 2022 · Russia has warned Lithuania of "serious" consequences after it banned the rail transfer of some goods to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad. Russia "will certainly respond to such hostile...

Oct 30, 2022 · The recent deployment of around 9,000 Russian troops to Belarus is fuelling fears that if Ukraine falls, Lithuania could be Moscow's next target. In the south-western corner of Lithuania, in the town of Vistytis, they know their enemy well. On the other side of the border is the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

Jun 21, 2022 · Russia has threatened Lithuania with serious consequences if the Baltic country prevents it from exporting EU-sanctioned goods to the exclave of Kaliningrad by rail.

Jun 21, 2022 · A top ally of President Vladimir Putin told Lithuania on Tuesday that Moscow would respond to its ban on the transit of goods sanctioned by the EU to Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad in such a...

Jun 23, 2022 · When the sixth round of EU sanctions on Russia came into effect on June 17, Lithuania announced that sanctioned Russian goods to Kaliningrad would be banned from transit through Lithuania.