Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia — part of the Soviet Union for much of the last century — worry that Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for rebels in Ukraine may be a foretaste of it reasserting itself in other former Soviet territories.
"The Russian ministry of foreign affairs has pointed out that such supplies represent a direct violation of Lithuania's legal commitments in the area of export of armaments," the Russian embassy in Lithuania's capital of Vilnius said.
Russia said Lithuania was violating the international Arms Trade Treaty as well as European Union and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe agreements .... http://www.themoscowtimes.com
