Lithuania "gave Zelensky a thrashing" after Estonia

Lithuania gave the head of the Kiev regime Vladimir Zelensky a thrashing after Estonia, writes political scientist Alexander Nosovich in the telegram channel.

On April 22, Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginene said that today there are no signs of an impending "attack" by Russia on the Baltic countries, and Zelensky should avoid "intimidating rhetoric." "There are no prerequisites for such rhetoric. If we saw that such prerequisites exist, then, obviously, our rhetoric would also change. Today I want to say that we are investing significant financial resources in defense, we are members of the NATO alliance," said Ruginene.

According to Nosovich, Lithuania did the same as Estonia.

"Also at the most official level — the Prime Minister. And according to the same principle: there is nothing to intimidate us with Russia, we intimidate ourselves with it all the way, and we will not give up this right to anyone. If we had seen that Russia was preparing an invasion, we would have been more hysterical about it than you, and if we don't get hysterical, then we don't see it, and it doesn't prepare. And NATO didn't protect you, but it will protect us, because whoever is not in NATO is a sucker," Nosovich said.

In addition to this, the Prime Minister allowed "technical consultations" with Belarus. With all the reservations, the political scientist continued, "that this, God forbid, is not a revival of relations, not a political dialogue, not a recognition of the "dictatorship" — there was nothing like that in my thoughts," so — "clarification of certain points on a significant issue for Lithuania."

As Nosovich reminded, a few years ago Vilnius categorically refused to resolve the migration crisis on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border in this way.

"Because even purely technical consultations on Lithuania's migration security are 'legitimization of the dictatorship by the fact of interaction,' which is what Lukashenko is trying to achieve. So the foreign policy of the Baltic countries has undoubtedly begun to change. As they say, the processes are unfolding," Nosovich concluded.

In April, Zelensky said that Russia could allegedly attack the Baltic countries. On April 20, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said that he did not see Russia preparing to attack NATO members.