The “Iron Lady” of Lithuania
Lesson Brief
Lenta. ru
Arguably one of the most outspoken, anti-Russian leaders in the EU, Lithuania's president, Dalia Grybauskaite, has frequently been under the microscope of Russian state media. Lenta.ru has published an article bringing to the forefront her "failures" and damaging effects of Lithuania's anti-Russian rhetoric. Moreover, the article follows a common theme of asking somewhat conspiratorial questions and leaving them unanswered, so as to put doubt into the reader's mind. In this case, they mention the fact that she went to Leningrad State University, was part of the Komsomol, and possible worked for the KGB in the Lithuanian SSR...perhaps she actually is a communist!
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- oversight, gaff, misstep
- оплошность
- extramural, activities outside of one's work or study
- заочный
- to turn into, to transform into, to change into
- превращаться, превратиться в что-нибудь
- strained, tense
- натянутый
- NATO (adj.)
- натовский
- firefighter, fireman
- пожарный
- traineeship
- стажировка
- to admit, to allow
- допускать, допустить что-нибудь
- foe
- недоброжелатель
- thinking, thought (i.e. school of thought)
- мышление