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Lithuania Is First Country to Designate Russia a ‘Terrorist Country’

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Lithuania’s parliament passed the resolution on Tuesday in a unanimous vote.

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In an international first, Lithuania’s parliament officially designated Russia as a terrorist country in a unanimous vote on Tuesday. The resolution states that Russia “supports and perpetrates terrorism” with its blatant disregard for human life, as is demonstrated both in the “deliberat[e] and systemati[c]” targeting of civilians and the rising...

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