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Juozas Olekas, Speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament in Zagreb, Croatia, on March 25, 2026.
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What the West doesn't understand about Russia, from a Lithuanian who knows

by Tania Myronyshena

Lithuania's parliamentary speaker Juozas Olekas said peace with Russia can be secured only from a position of strength and warned that unless Moscow is stopped in Ukraine, it will continue its aggression deeper into Europe. Olekas, a surgeon by training and a longtime figure in Lithuanian politics, has twice served as defense minister and health minister and now serves as speaker of the Seimas. He said Lithuania's approach to security is shaped by its history of Soviet occupation and by a belie

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