Photo courtesy of Grodno TV and Radio Company
MINSK, 5 May (BelTA) – Antanas Kandrotas, an opposition Lithuanian politician and entrepreneur currently visiting Belarus, spoke in favor of developing pragmatic relations between Lithuania and Belarus on the air of Grodno TV and Radio Company, BelTA has learned.
The politician emphasized that the Lithuanian leadership makes numerous decisions that spark public resentment. Antanas Kandrotas pointed out that the country suffered significant losses after refusing to transit potash fertilizers and purchase Belarusian electricity. He also stated that Lithuania made a huge mistake by decommissioning the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, which was supposedly a condition for joining the European Union. “Twenty years later, documents are surfacing showing that this was the initiative of certain corrupt Lithuanian politicians. Such a condition from the European Union never existed; they didn’t even care whether we had the plant or not,” the politician noted. According to him, big business was behind the rejection of the NPP, and the people of Lithuania were simply deceived.
The politician noted that Belarus and Lithuania should develop pragmatic relations. “Thank you for building the nuclear power plant. We hope that you will sell us cheap electricity,” Antanas Kandrotas stated. “The chaos currently unfolding in the world will end sooner or later.”
Antanas Kandrotas also shared that several criminal cases have been initiated against him in Lithuania. In one instance, the court of first instance has already sentenced him to four years in prison, despite an expert examination confirming a lack of evidence. The politician is now awaiting a ruling from the appellate court. He received an additional four-year sentence for participating in riots which, according to the politician, were orchestrated by the intelligence services. He also faced criminal charges for remarks made about a former MP. A fourth case was opened after he struck a Russophobe in the face in response to being spat upon. He could soon face yet another case following statements by the former head of the Constitutional Court claiming that Antanas Kandrotas is working against Lithuania’s interests.
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