Cybersecurity
EU Sanctions Hawk Says Russia Stance Wouldn’t Budge on U.S. Thaw
- Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linkevicius speaks in interview
- Baltic nation backs penalties despite trade ties to Russia
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A weakening of U.S. sanctions against Russia after President-Elect Donald Trump takes office wouldn’t affect similar penalties imposed by the European Union, according to one of the trading bloc’s staunchest supporters of the measures.
“We aren’t going to review our policy,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said Tuesday in an interview in Vilnius, his country’s capital. “At the same time, we hope it will be coordinated with the U.S. as it was coordinated in the past.”