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Lithuania to strip residence permits of Russian, Belarusian citizens who frequently travel back home
(kyivindependent.com)
this post was submitted on 03 May 2025
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Imagine living in a neighboring country for work but not being able to take your kid to see their grandparents more than 4 times a year.
Or marrying a foreign national and living with them or any of the myriad of other reasons that makes someone move to another country. But your limited imaginination can only come up with one scenario and therefore it must be the only reason for why a (bela-)russian might not live in their home counrty.
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Sounds like the answer to all of them is the same as the guy you're replying to mentioned: they move back to Russia, or stay in Lithuania. Choose and commit. Sorry that you're losing out, but Lithuania doesn't owe you anything.
If my country started fucking with a neighbour, I wouldn't blame them for pushing against it. Also seems like plenty of Americans who are against Trump seem to be all for other countries countering.
So abandon your work, force your lithuanian spouse to move, uproot your kids or see your extended family almost never again. Sorry you're losing out bud sucks for you I guess, not Lithuanias problem though we just make the laws forcing you to choose.
Plenty of Americans against Trump are still not opposed to the genocide in Gaza. There's a significant portion of Against Trumpers who were on board with the Iraq invasion, Liz Cheney comes to mind for instance. Here's a protip: If the americans want you to fight a war its not because they care for you...
edit: still waiting on a reason for how this helps lithuania even if there were a national security threat
Yes, actually. Believe it or not, every Russian and Ukrainian had to make that choice already, and WITHOUT the 1 in 3 months visit option. This is a pretty small problem by comparison. Also, nitpick, but doesn't a couple eventually move into one place anyway?
Plenty of Russians are still not opposed to the war with Ukraine. I suppose we're at a standstill, then.
As for pros of doing so, the article says it, potential sabotage. We already have had troubles at the Poland/Belarus border for years, so this seems fair to me. Could also be specifically preventing Russians working in Lithuania and then heading back to take advantage of/boosting Russian economy.