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EU ambassador to Moscow: “I’m not in the business of prophecies”

The task of a diplomat is to maintain contacts with the authorities and society leaders, so dribbling basketball with the administration chief of the Russian...

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EU Ambassador Ušackas warns: confrontation with Russia may lead to "deeper military dispute"

The confrontation between the Western world and Russia may lead to "bigger and deeper military dispute," the European Union 's (EU) Ambassador in Moscow...

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"Basketball diplomacy" puts Lithuanian diplomat under fire

With tensions flaring up again in eastern Ukraine after Russian-supported separatists attacked Mariupol, killing 30 civilians, policymakers and observers...

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Opinion: How Mikhail Khodorkovsky came to identify with Putin

This January, the Vilnius-based Eastern Europe Studies Centre organized a big two-day international event for experts, politicians and intellectuals. The...

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Russian government wants to monitor students' contacts with EU diplomats

Russia 's Education and Science Ministry wants to be informed about the meetings of university students with the staff of the European Union (EU)...

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EU ambassador to Moscow Ušackas: Putin will stay on

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Can new ambassador save Lithuanian-Russian relations?

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Sanctions not aimed at ordinary Russian citizens, says EU Ambassador Ušackas

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European Commission is aware of Russian restrictions for Lithuanian carriers, Ušackas says

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Opinion: What Lithuanians do and don’t know about Russia and Ukraine

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Foreign Minister Linkevičius disagrees with Ušackas on Lithuanian media coverage of Russia

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EU's Ambassador Ušackas: Sanctions against Russia may be reviewed in light of eastern Ukraine situation

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EU ambassador to Moscow: Lithuanian media reports on Russia are too biased

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EU Ambassador to Moscow Ušackas: Moods in Russia are turning against Putin's policies in Ukraine

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Euphoria about EU-Ukraine Association Agreement overshadowed by concessions to Russian and oligarch pressure

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EU ambassador to Russia: Moscow's self-isolation will harm both European and Russian economies

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Vilnius-Warsaw tensions only useful to the Kremlin, Polish media figure says

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EU Ambassador Ušackas: EU-Russian relations are at all-time worst

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Third-country nationals to be issued short-term Schengen visas on Lithuanian border