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Baltic nations should be part of Russia says senior Russian official

January 11, 2025
Baltic nations should be part of Russia says senior Russian official
Alexei Zhuravlev [PHOTO: Reuters]

All Baltic countries should be part of Russia. The first deputy chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, Alexei Zhuravlev, commented on the words of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda about Kaliningrad.

“If we are going to review the results of the Second World War, then the entire Baltic region should probably belong to Russia, as it was before the revolution. Including Vilna – today’s Vilnius – which was the capital of the Vilnius Governorate of the Russian Empire from 1795”, Zhuravlev said.

Zhuravlev further added that Russia will defend its territories. The Lithuanian army is one of the weakest in the world, and therefore Vilnius “will not last even a day” in the event of a military confrontation with the Russian Federation. The country will also face a “sad fate” if all NATO countries stand up for it, Zhuravlev emphasized.

The day before, Nauseda declared his claims to the Kaliningrad region. He called Kaliningrad a historically Lithuanian city, which, in his opinion, should be called Karaliaučius.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova called the Lithuanian president a “cardboard fool” because of his words about Kaliningrad. “Cardboard fool”. According to Arminian Tert, The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, to the statement made by the President of Lithuania regarding Kaliningrad. “I advise modern Lithuanian politicians to study history and also to be concerned about the protection of human rights in their country,” Zakharova stressed.

Russia Desk

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The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

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