DISINFO: Lithuania could present territorial claims for the Kaliningrad region
SUMMARY
The centenary of the Klaipeda Revolt (1923) may be used by Lithuania to present formal territorial claims for the Kaliningrad region. The publications in Western media claim that Kaliningrad is a threat to Europe – primarily to Poland and Lithuania. There are suggestions to neutralise this threat through the revision of the legal status of the Kaliningrad region, questioning its affiliation with Russia.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation suggesting aggressive plans of the West regarding the Kaliningrad region and the Western attempts to “encircle Russia”.
Lithuania, Poland and other Western countries do not have any territorial claims for Kaliningrad. The claim that the West is trying to undermine the legal status of Kaliningrad and “take away” this region from Russia is not supported by any evidence.
The unfounded claims about alleged security threats to Kaliningrad is used by the Kremlin to justify the increasing militarisation of this region.
See previous examples of disinformation messages alleging that Kaliningrad exclave is threatened by NATO; The US plans to take over the Kaliningrad region and Aim of NATO’s exercise: prepare for the annexation of Russia’s Kaliningrad region.