Politics● LowSep 18 · Sep 18, 2026, 10:32 AM
Russian man swims from Kaliningrad to Lithuania seeking asylum, gets sent back to Russia
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Meduza [en] · Baltics
Lithuania’s border service detained a Russian citizen who swam across the Neman River seeking political asylum and sent him back to Russia, according to a report by the Lithuanian news outlet Lrytas.
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