Poll: Russia is the biggest threat to Lithuania

Almost half of the polled residents of Lithuania said Russia was the bigget threat to their country, according to a phone poll carried out in five major cities of this Baltic state, reports Interfax.

4.1 percent said Lithuania was threatened by Afghanistan; 2.7 percent -- Poland; 2.3 percent -- Belarus; 2.1 percent -- Iraq. Every third of those polled was confident that Lithuania faced no threat.

According to the poll, Lithuania's best friends are: Latvia (17.5 percent), Germany (15.2 percent), USA (13.6 percent), Great Britain (7.8 percent) and Ukraine (5.7 percent).