He also expressed regret that Sweden allowed itself to be drawn into the game by its junior Baltic allies, RIA Novosti reports.
“It is very characteristic that such statements are made not by the Swedish authorities themselves, but by Lithuanian diplomats,” the senator added.
Shenderyuk-Zhidkov called this unsurprising, since Lithuania uses every new occasion to remind about itself.
Earlier, former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, who now works as ambassador to Sweden, threatened to “neutralize” Kaliningrad if Russia challenges NATO.