"This move by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry can be explained, not so much by the the international situation, but rather by the political situation inside Lithuania. On the eve of the second round of parliamentary elections, some ministers are concerned if they will be included in the new cabinet, and now are trying to remind about themselves," the diplomat told RIA Novosti.
On October 12, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry handed a diplomatic note to Udaltsov that expressed concerns "over repeated violations by the Russian Navy of the rights and freedoms of the sovereign Republic of Lithuania." The ministry cited an alleged incident on October 10, when the Russian warships “demanded civilian ships in the exclusive economic zone of Lithuania to change course.”
Responding to various similar accusations by Lithuania in the past weeks, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russian aircraft and warships did not violate international law and did not cross the Baltic states’ borders.
On October 9, Lithuania voted in the first round of national parliamentary elections. The second round is scheduled for October 23.
