Lithuania designates Russia as a terrorist country, a global first

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Source: NPR

Lithuania's parliament has designated Russia a terrorist country and its actions in Ukraine as genocide.

The Lithuanian Seimas tweeted Tuesday that its members had passed the resolution unanimously.

This makes Lithuania the first country to declare Russia a perpetrator of terrorism, according to Ukraine's Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security. It's not the first to formally accuse Russia of genocide: Canadian lawmakers unanimously adopted such a motion last month.

Lithuania's resolution says that Russia's armed forces and mercenaries have committed war crimes in Ukraine, citing the atrocities reported in places Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol, Borodyaka, Hostomel and other cities, according to public broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT).

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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1097911440/lithuania-russia-terrorism-genocide-ukraine?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR1CPhpeXhmgljlvuT1Fn2Iyy5ZtAVhCGiMWqMgIjtTKtEK2bi7Vg_7Y4kM

[ificandream]

1. First and hopefully not the last.

[onetexan]

11. Come on everybody else, follow in Lithuania's lead

Brand russia as terrorist nation.

[ck4829]

2. K&R

[RicROC]

3. Ukraine is defending their homeland from Russia,

but little Lithuania is taking Russia on.

*tip of the hat to the organization BlueYellow, the Lithuanian group that transforms ordinary autos and pickup trucks
into military machines and then ships them to Ukraine via Poland.

[tavernier]

4. The Baltic nations know all about Russian terrorism.

Both my parents and their parents lived through unspeakable cruelty at the hands of
Lenin and then Stalin and his merry men.

[oldsoftie]

6. Here's an article about how we were WARNED by them that this was going to happen

https://www.politico.eu/article/western-europe-listen-to-the-baltic-countries-that-know-russia-best-ukraine-poland/

[tavernier]

12. Absolutely

When I would visit I would see things that made the hair on my neck stand up, and every relative I talked to would fill me in on the growing intentional harassment, sneaky threats and intimidation (shooting bullet holes in grave markers of Latvian war heroes, etc.)
I always had an uneasy feeling when Russians were around because they made it a point to make me uncomfortable, especially if they knew that I was visiting from America. Oddly, I didn’t feel that way when I was in Russia. The Russians there were fairly warm and hospitable.

[jaxexpat]

5. I wonder if our legislative bodies could pass such a plain-spoken resolution.

Could be,
the more "august",
the less honest.
the less trust,
the more shitty.

[bringthePaine]

7. fine opening move! who's next?

[ShazzieB]

9. Maybe the other Baltics (Latvia, Estonia). Or Finland.

There are also lots of other countries who were once under the Soviet thumb and don't want to be there ever again. It would be pretty funny if there's a pile on from all or most of the former Soviet "satellite" nations.

We shall see!

[Roc2020]

8. No going back for Russia

And very few countries of substance in the West feels sorry for Putin and his posse.

[IronLionZion]

10. They are NATO so Russia better not mess with them

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Can we all follow??? Thank you Lithuania.

[Bayard]

14. Yay, Lithuania!

We should do the same.

[ck4829]

15. Kick

[ck4829]

16. Another kick