What Others Write About Lithuania – 2 November 2026

In brief

• Lenta.ru, described in the article as a Russian propaganda portal, reports that Matulenis assured the ELTA agency that Vilnius will not deliberately provoke Russia.
• According to Lenta.ru, Matulenis reportedly said that Lithuania should focus on domestic policy and that aggressive rhetoric may increase tensions.
• Lenta.ru cites an unconfirmed report that the Pentagon asked several NATO countries to moderate anti-Russian rhetoric, justifying this by the threat to the security of the continent.
• Vesti.ru, also described in the article as propagandistic, relays Matulenis's statement to ELTA.
• According to Vesti.ru, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the rhetoric of the Baltic states toward Russia as very aggressive.

Russian press

The Russian Lenta.ru (propaganda media) reports that the national security adviser to the President of Lithuania, Dejvidas Matulenis, assured the ELTA agency in an interview that Vilnius will not deliberately provoke Russia, should focus on domestic policy, and that aggressive rhetoric may increase tensions (В Литве высказались о намерении провоцировать Россию – Lenta.ru (media propagandowe)). As part of this propaganda message, the portal also reports an unconfirmed claim that the Pentagon asked several NATO countries to moderate anti-Russian rhetoric, and according to this account the justification was the threat to the security of the continent. Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) also relays Matulenis's statement to the ELTA agency, adding that Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the rhetoric of the Baltic states toward Russia as very aggressive (Советник Матуленис: Литве лучше сосредоточиться на внутренней политике – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe)).