Lithuanian president compares Putin to Hitler and Stalin-magazine

By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) – Lithuania’s president likened the tactics of Russian President Vladimir Putin to those employed by Stalin and Hitler, and said in a magazine interview that Moscow was trying to persuade Baltic states to leave NATO in exchange for cheaper oil or gas. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in March said Putin’s incursion into Crimea was akin to moves Hitler made in the years before World War Two, though she said the…