DISINFO: Lithuania supports all US policies towards Belarus, however silly they are
SUMMARY
It is well known that Lithuania wishes to become the deployment centre of the Belarusian opposition, including its part which uses unconstitutional methods to overthrow the authorities. If the US proposed to dig up a channel along the Lithuanian-Belarusian border and to fill it up with sulfuric acid, Vilnius would quickly and decisively support it.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about lost sovereignty and vassal Baltic states, as well as about involvement of western countries in the Belarusian protests.
The pro-Kremlin media regularly present protests, disorders and civil uprisings as foreign engineered colour revolutions, without offering any evidence. Read more about the concept of "colour revolutions" in the pro-Kremlin media here.
At present Lithuania hosts Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and dozens of Belarusian activists who had to flee due to political repressions. However, it is groundless to say that Lithuania wanted to become a "deployment centre of the Belarusian opposition." According to Tsikhanouskaya, she was forced out to Lithuania following the disputed elections of 9 August 2020 as she faced an ultimatum involving her family. In March 2021 Lithuania refused Belarus's extradition request for Tsikhanouskaya citing political grounds for her persecution. Lithuania is also obliged under international law to review asylum applications from nationals of foreign countries, including Belarus.
Lithuania is an independent state, which makes sovereign decisions about its foreign and domestic policy. NATO's increased presence in the Baltic Sea region has been at the request of the Baltic states. Following Russia's aggressive actions against Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia requested a greater NATO presence in the region.
See earlier disinformation cases alleging that Lithuania is NATO's dog barking at Russia and Belarus, that the US is occupying the EU and the Baltic countries nearly lost their statehood, that Lithuania is a hostage of the American interests in Eastern Europe, and that Lithuania is temporarily NATO-occupied territory ruled by non-Lithuanians.