Lithuania’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling against Povilas Grazevicius, who called women “Russia’s trash.”
Thus, the court overturned the decision by which Grazevicius was found guilty of incitement to hatred on national, racial and ethnic grounds. They added that what was said could be considered a violation of the law, but it does not constitute humiliation of a group of people. Eurasia Daily.
In April 2023, in a Vilnius café, a man attacked women for speaking Russian. According to one victim, the man pushed the chair and said: “There is no need for rubbish from Russia here.”
In April, the Russian Security Council stated that Lithuania’s military-political leadership was maintaining its course toward militarization, creating a source of tension near the border of the Kaliningrad region.
Information appeared in the media that Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Podris may lose his post in the near future due to his statements regarding Belarus and the Kaliningrad region. The diplomat was subjected to severe criticism after he made harsh statements.