Other events in Baltic States

On Monday, about 50 Lithuanians protested against the actions of Russia in Georgia and asked to stop the operations and withdraw the military forces from the territories of sovereign Georgia, writes ELTA.

At the non-sanctioned protest in front of the Russian embassy, the protesters held Lithuanian flags with black ribbons, as well as Georgian flags and posters with inscriptions, which encouraged restoring peace and stopping the war.

The protesters commemorated on the memory of the killed during the military operations by a minute of silence.

A Georgian Kahar stood out of the rather quite group of protesters, and shouted in English for several times: "Stop Russia." Kahar, who lives in London for already five years, said that he came with his wife to Lithuania on vacation and heard here about the situation in his homeland.

"My family lives in Tbilisi. They are attacking and bombing them. My country, my relatives face horrible things. Is it how democracy works? I have a right to decide myself, whether to support the Right or Left, why should someone decide that instead of me?" Kahar asked.

The organizers of this protest campaign, who are the representatives of national coalition "For a strong Lithuania!", brought the memorandum on the destruction of the Georgian sovereignty to the Russian embassy.

On Tuesday, the protesters intend to gather in front of the Russian embassy twice – they will held a protest campaign at 11 a.m., and a peace rally at 7 p.m. On Wednesday, the masses will be held in Vilnius cathedral for peace in the world, then the protesters will march to the Seimas palace, in front of which they will held another peace rally.