Representatives of such organizations and media companies disseminate misleading information about the increasing popularity of far-right extremism in Lithuania, accusing state officials of supporting the ideology, and the actions are part of the information and ideological campaigns targeted against the Baltic states, reads the document.
The department also said that the organizations and groups fostering far-right political ideologies are scanty and uninfluential, yet their public campaigns and controversial rhetoric often draw extensive coverage by Lithuanian and foreign media.
In its assessment of international terrorism threat, the State Security Department said it remained minor and indirect last year. However, the agency did not rule out threats caused by individuals with the so-called lone wolf tactic, i.e., people influenced by extremist ideologies planning and carrying out terrorist attacks individually.
According to the report, such people in most cases have no criminal past, maintain no connections with international terrorist organizations or extremist groups,making their operations extremely difficult to prevent.
