Editor’s note: The article was updated at 11:15 a.m. on May 22 with a public comment from the Lithuanian foreign minister.
Russia has unilaterally moved to change the maritime border with Lithuania and Finland in the Baltic Sea, according to a decree from May 21 published on the Russian government’s website.
Lithuania and Finland have not yet reacted to Russia’s decision toward the maritime border, nor has Russia’s unilateral decision been recognized internationally.
Russia intends to appropriate inland sea waters in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland and near the…
