Aftershocks from the Grybauskaite vs. Putin match
Feb 17, 2010
By Rokas M. Tracevskis

GRYBAUSKAITE 1 PUTIN 0: The meeting of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, which was organized at the initiative of Putin. Even the biggest critics of Grybauskaite in Lithuania praised her tough stance towards Putin. The Russian prime minister was forced to acknowledge that oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline were stopped because of political, not “technical” reasons (as Russia used to explain it).
VILNIUS - On Feb. 10, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The meeting was initiated by Putin. Grybauskaite is a former master of karate while Putin is a master of judo. This fact gave cartoonists and commentators material for jokes. It was the first meeting of Lithuanian and Russian leaders at such a high level since 2001, when President Valdas Adamkus visited then President Putin in Moscow.
Grybauskaite and Putin participated in the Ba ...
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