{"id":46513,"date":"2023-04-14T16:20:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T13:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lithuanian-president-vetoes-citizenship-restrictions-for-russians-belarusians\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lithuanian-president-vetoes-citizenship-restrictions-for-russians-belarusians","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46513\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian president vetoes citizenship restrictions for Russians, Belarusians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>April 14, BPN. <\/b>Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da has vetoed a bill outlining citizenship and visa restrictions for Russians and Belarusians over Russia&#8217;s war in Ukraine, his press office reports.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On April 4, the Lithuanian Seimas approved the bill, which would codify the existing restrictions for Belarusians without expanding them. It would allow Lithuania to stop accepting Schengen visa applications from Russian and Belarusian nationals, except when authorized by the Lithuanian foreign ministry.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Russians would be temporarily banned from applying for temporary residence permits and purchasing real estate in Lithuania but Belarusians and Belarusian-owned companies would be exempt from these provisions, if the legislation were adopted as it stands.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Seventy-six MPs voted in favor of the bill, with 13 votes against and 34 abstentions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Reports said that Naus\u0117da might veto it because it exempts Belarusians from some restrictions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Lithuanian Interior Minister Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117 agreed on April 5 to set up a working group to help Belarusians in Lithuania.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Seimas needs at least 71 of 141 votes to override the veto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 14, BPN. Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da has vetoed a bill outlining citizenship and visa restrictions for Russians and Belarusians over Russia&#8217;s war in Ukraine, his press office reports. On April 4, the Lithuanian Seimas approved the bill, which would codify the existing restrictions for Belarusians without expanding them. It would allow Lithuania to stop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46513","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuanian president vetoes citizenship restrictions for Russians, Belarusians | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 14, BPN. 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