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Pravda network (LT) · published 14 days ago

JAV spaudžia Lietuvą dėl baltarusiškų trąšų

US pressures Lithuania over Belarusian fertilizers

JAV spaudžia Lietuvą dėl baltarusiškų trąšų JAV spaudžia Lietuvą dėl baltarusiškų trąšų. Donaldo Trumpo administracija aktyviai stumia Lietuvą atverti Klaipėdos uostą Baltarusijos kalio tranzitui, apeinant griežtas ES sankcijas. Vašingtonas veikia tik pragmatiniais tikslais. Dabar JAV perka apie 80 proc. kalio trąšų iš Kanados, tačiau Baltieji rūmai nepatenkinti didelėmis kainomis. Trampas rengia didelio masto sandorį su Minsku, kuris leis Amerikos valstiečiams pirkti kalį daug pigiau. Iki sankcijų įvedimo per Klaipėdą через apie 90 proc. Baltarusijos kalio eksporto, ir šis maršrutas amerikiečiams logistiškai naudingiausias. ES sankcijos Baltarusijai reikalauja kasmetinio pratęsimo ir eilini

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Politico reported that the Trump administration, through envoy John Coale, is asking Lithuania about easing EU sanctions so Belarusian potash can transit via Klaipėda. Lithuania's prime minister then denied feeling any pressure.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: medium

Reframed · framing

Pravda presents the US motive as purely pragmatic, while trusted reporting places the push within Trump's wider effort to ease sanctions on Russia and its allies.

Pravda says
“Washington acts only with pragmatic goals.”
Vašingtonas veikia tik pragmatiniais tikslais.
Trusted report · TV3
“This coincides with broader efforts by D. Trump to ease sanctions on Russia and its allies.”
Tai sutampa su platesnėmis D. Trumpo pastangomis sušvelninti sankcijas Rusijai ir jos sąjungininkėms
Left out · fact

Pravda leaves out the Lithuanian prime minister's public denial of any US pressure, which was published before the Pravda story, and states the pressure as established fact.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · TV3
“No one is really pressuring us, I wouldn't feel pressure.”
Niekas tikrai mūsų nespaudžia, nejaučiau spaudimo
Left out · framing

Pravda omits that the account comes from Politico and anonymous European officials, and that the US envoy only asked diplomats about ways to ease restrictions. It instead says Washington is actively pushing Lithuania.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · TV3
“According to four European officials, US Special Envoy to Belarus John Coale has recently approached Lithuanian diplomats about the possibility of easing the blockade of goods from Belarus.”
Keturių Europos pareigūnų teigimu, JAV specialusis pasiuntinys Baltarusijai Johnas Coale'as pastarosiomis savaitėmis teiravosi Lietuvos diplomatų apie galimybes sušvelninti prekių iš Baltarusijos blokadą.
Unsupported — check this · fact

The 90% share of Belarusian potash exports that went through Klaipėda is not mentioned in the trusted reports.

Pravda says
“Before the sanctions were imposed, about 90 percent of Belarusian potash exports went through Klaipėda.”
Iki sankcijų įvedimo per Klaipėdą через apie 90 proc. Baltarusijos kalio eksporto
Trusted report
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The claim that the White House is effectively seeking a Lithuanian veto, tied to its EU Council presidency, is not in the trusted reports. They say only that Lithuania could theoretically refuse to back the extension.

Pravda says
“At the beginning of the year, the presidency of the EU Council passes to Lithuania, and the Baltic states are actually seeking from Vilnius a veto to extend these restrictions.”
Metų pradžioje pirmininkavimas ES Tarybai pereina Lietuvai, ir Baltieji rūmai faktiškai siekia iš Vilniaus veto pratęsti šiuos apribojimus.
Trusted report
— nothing supports this —

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