He explained that Europe should build a system of intimidation for Moscow so that it does not have a desire to test the West's ability to respond.
“So intimidation, intimidation, as much intimidation as possible ... We must be strong and not let them manipulate us,” RIA Novosti reports the words of the president.
On October 3, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion from the country of Russia's Charge d'Affaires Sergei Ryabokon.
In response, on October 5, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Lithuanian Charge d'Affaires in Russia Virginia Umbrasene must leave Russian territory within five days.
In addition, Russia freezes the activities of the cultural center of the Lithuanian diplomatic mission in Moscow in connection with the hostile line of Lithuania in humanitarian relations.