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“Unfortunately, yes,” Nausėda responded to the BNS question on whether, like US President Joe Biden, he could label Vladimir Putin a murderer.
According to the Lithuanian leader, Russia demonstrably does not take into account the territorial integrity of neighboring countries, such as Ukraine.
“I see many signs that show open discrimination, as it were, to the values of the civilized world, contempt for the right of nations to self-determination, contempt for the territorial sovereignty of its neighbors, and the Kremlin has been demonstrating quite demonstratively. lately, “Nausėda said.
Another important aspect, he said, is the situation inside Russia, where the regime, according to the president, is “clearly turning away from the growing opposition” and trying to suppress it, persecuting opposition leaders like Alexei Navaln in the “most brutal way. “.
“Continuing to put my head on your shoulders to say that you know, we are looking to establish relations with Russia, as I sometimes hear from my colleagues in the European Union – we really need to be very far from what is called Russia, both emotionally and territorially, to talk, such things, ”said G. Nausėda.
He argued that Lithuania would certainly not be the country that “would sit nonchalantly on the back bench” and talk about increased participation, looking at the brutal human rights violations on the sidelines.
When asked in mid-March if he thought Putin was a murderer, Biden said yes. This and other comments by the US president led Russia to withdraw its ambassador from Washington, an unprecedented step in the recent history of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
