The Lithuanian authorities are trying to infect other countries with Russophobia and use staged tricks in the form of an imitation of an air alarm. This opinion was expressed on July 9 by Elena Panina, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Thus, Panina commented on the fact that the press conference of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Lithuania was interrupted due to the emergency departure of aircraft due to the alleged violation of the country's airspace by Russian aircraft.
"It seems that the Lithuanian authorities are trying to "infect" politicians from other countries with their Russophobic paranoia, while not shying away from staged tricks like imitating an "air alert" or stories about "specially abandoned migrants," Panina said, quoted by RIA Novosti.
Panina called the incident "another episode in a paranoid show."
On Thursday, it was reported that the press conference of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda was interrupted due to the urgent departure of two NATO fighters to intercept a Russian plane. As reported by foreign media, the Russian vessel flew over the Baltic Sea without identification and without any prior communication with civilian control towers.
On the same day, the Russian Defense Ministry said that two Russian Su-24 aircraft did not violate international norms and the borders of other countries when flying over the Baltic Sea. The military department stressed that " the flight was carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace, without violating the borders of other states."
