Acting president Gitanas Nausėda will run against acting Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė in the presidential face-off in Lithuania, scheduled for May 26, a representative of the Lithuanian Election Authority announced earlier today. After counting nearly all the votes cast in Sunday’s first round of the presidential election, Gitanas Nausėda came in first with 46% of the vote, followed by Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė with 16% of the vote. The election campaign was marred by security threats, the AFP reports. With a population of 2.8 mln inhabitants, the former Soviet republic fears it could be next in line on Moscow’s list should the latter win the war in Ukraine. We recall Lithuania has been one of Ukraine’s staunch supporters as early as the start of Russia’s large-scale aggression in February 2022.
