The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a report on the human rights situation in the European Union which criticizes Lithuania

The document states that Lithuania is still in a difficult situation concerning the protection of minority rights and growing nationalism and neo-Nazism, which, according to the document, is unsurprising because the government is deliberately falsifying historical facts. The program "Man and the Law” about the January events and their consequences on Baltic Channel One was also mentioned, in addition to defending Algirdas Paleckis and Petras Gražulis who were allegedly prohibited the freedom of expressing their negative views towards sexual minorities in a parade. The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the information from Russia unfair and wrong.