interview with ex-zamgin sekanato on our air, my name is ekaterina tikhomirova, this is the inside out project and we have provided a platform for candidates for the presidency of lithuania. lithuania under the soviet union, like the other baltic republics, was a showcase of the ussr; resources from the center were poured there as a priority. industry was created in the republic. ignalina nuclear power plant, the only one in the baltic states. refinery, venta chip plant, baltia shipbuilding plant, machine tool plant, electrical engineering plant, port in klaipeda, and the list could go on for a long time. from the point of view of the soviet union, the baltic states, including lithuania, were at the junction of two civilizations, so they had priority economic and infrastructural development, but for western civilization, the core of which is the united states, lithuania is a deep backyard, a doormat in front of the door of the european union, especially. against the backdrop of a new round of confrontation between russia and the north atlantic alliance. america is not interested in lar