Lithuania–Russia relations
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Lithuania–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between Lithuania and Russia. They have been marked by an long and turbulent history, dating back to the Middle Ages. The two countries share a common border through Kaliningrad Oblast. Lithuania has an embassy in Moscow and consulates in Kaliningrad and Sovetsk. Russia has an embassy in Vilnius.
Despite today's difference in population and area between the countries, in the past Lithuania, also as part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Russia, including its predecessor Principality of Moscow, were more equal regional powers, competing for supremacy in Eastern Europe and fought numerous wars, with Lithuania controlling sizeable parts of modern-day Russia in the Late Middle Ages, and Russia controlling the bulk of Lithuania in the late modern period.
In response to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Bucha massacre, in April 2022, Lithuania downgraded the diplomatic relations and expelled the Russian ambassador.[1] As of 2022, the relations between the countries have been reduced to the bare minimum.[2]