Lithuanians are casting votes in a governmental election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on the battleground in Ukraine are fueling higher fears about Moscow’s objectives
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuanians are casting votes in a governmental election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on the battleground in Ukraine are fueling higher fears about Moscow’s intents, especially in the tactically essential Baltic area.
The popular incumbent, Gitanas Nausėda, is preferred to win another five-year term in workplace. But there are 8 prospects running in all, making it tough for him or any other prospect to muster the 50% of the votes required to win straight-out on Sunday. In that case, a overflow will be held on May 26.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. and close 8 p.m. (1700 GMT). Results are anticipated late Sunday night.
The president’s primary jobs in Lithuania’s political system are managing foreign and security policy, and acting as the supreme leader of the equipped forces. That includes value to the position in the reasonably little country provided that it is situated tactically on NATO’s eastern flank as stress increase inbetween Russia and the West over Moscow’s intrusion of Ukraine.
The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea is sandwiched inbetween Lithuania to the north and east, and Poland to the south. The