MOSCOW, May 10. /TASS/. The resolution Lithuania’s parliament has adopted to allege that Russia has been conducting terrorist activity in Ukraine is not void and has nothing to do with reality, Chairman of the Russian State Duma’s international affairs committee Leonid Slutsky told TASS.
"Firstly, the Seimas’ resolution is not legally void. These are calls in the spirit of Russophobia that echo Washington’s messages. Secondly, we are witnessing the use of the notorious double standards. Where were Lithuanian lawmakers during NATO’s aggression on Yugoslavia, Iraq and Livia, and where were they in 2014, when a blood-shedding coup was staged in Kiev?" Slutsky wondered. He said Lithuania had justified the deeds of a true aggressor and the "necessity to enforce democracy by way of a military invasion with a view to interfering in the affairs of sovereign countries."
The Russian politician also described the resolution as part of the "anti-Russia project" and preorganized moves against Russia that "have nothing to do with reality." "We are fighting against the Nazi regime, while SS veterans and their descendants are still marching the streets of the Baltic countries. This explains it. This is a battle between good and evil, and Vilnius has found itself on the wrong side of the history," the parliamentarian stressed.
When asked if the adoption of the document would affect Russia’s relations with Lithuania, Slutsky said that "the level of relations with Lithuania has already been lowered significantly."
Earlier on Tuesday, the Lithuanian parliament unanimously adopted a resolution saying that Russia has been conducting terrorist activity in Ukraine that should be considered a genocide against the latter’s people. Lithuanian lawmakers have called on the international community to consider this activity a war crime and a crime against humanity. Luthuania’s politicians have also accused Russia for terrorism.