Lithuanians set to re-elect president for second term


  • World
  • Sunday, 11 May 2014

Lithuanian President and independent presidential candidate Dalia Grybauskaite casts her vote during the first round of the country's presidential election in Vilnius May 11, 2014. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania votes on Sunday in a presidential election that will almost certainly hand a second term victory to Dalia Grybauskaite, popular for her abrasive style and strong criticism of what she sees as Russian expansionism.

Grybauskaite's vocal stance against Moscow's intervention in Ukraine has struck a chord in Lithuania, which, like the other former Soviet Baltic states has been on edge since Russia seized Crimea, saying it needed to protect Russian speakers there.

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