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“The world's attention is now focused on North Korea and Syria, but the same methods of blackmail, bullying and aggression are being used by Russia in Ukraine and along NATO's eastern border,” Grybauskaite said, according to the UN website.

Read alsoFollowing Crimea occupation, aggression in Donbas Putin trying to compromise ECHR authority - GrybauskaiteShe noted that despite Russia's special responsibility to protect international peace as permanent member of the Security Council, “it violated the UN Charter by attacking Georgia, illegally annexing Crimea, and directly participating in the war in Eastern Ukraine.”

“The international community has to take its share of responsibility. We cannot let fear win by closing our eyes to violators, because it will only encourage them to go further,” Grybauskaite said.

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