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VILNIUS: Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda stripped retired Olympic figure skater Margarita Drobiazko of her Lithuanian citizenship on Friday for her support for Russia. Once ruled from Moscow but now a member of both European Union and NATO, Lithuania has emerged as a main critic of Russia and supporter of Ukraine following the Russian invasion last year. Drobiazko, 52, was born in Moscow and was raised and trained in what was then the Soviet Union, but she was granted Lithuanian citizenship in 1993. Together with her Lithuanian partner, she...