Russia and Lithuania train together for Olympics
Published: 17 April, 2009, 13:18
Olympic athletes from Russia and Lithuania, irrespective of their respective nations’ political differences, have decided to train side-by-side in preparation for the Olympics.









Why should it be a surprise that two neighbouring countries should co-operate with each other? The surprising thing rather is that despite many invitations, as far as I am aware for 18 years no President or Prime Minister of sovereign Russia has visited any of the three Baltic countries – countries that are not only Russia’s immediate neighbours, but an important key to Russia’s better relations with the EU and with NATO. This remarkable Russian behaviour towards three peaceful neighbours with whom Moscow says it wants to have good relations is what should be making news at RT, not the fact that some cyclists train together.