63.0% of Lithuanians speak Russian, 30.4% - English, 8.5% - Polish, and 8.3% - German. ... Almost half of the total population who could speak English was 15-29 years old, while every third citizen who could speak Russian and Polish was 40-54 years old.

Can Lithuanians understand Russian?

Lithuanian is a Baltic language, not a Slavic one

Due to historical circumstances, a lot of Lithuanians know or at least understand some Russian and in the Vilnius region, Polish as well.

Is Russian and Lithuanian the same language?

Lithuanians are different from the Russians on most key traits that define ethnicity. Lithuanians have their own Lithuanian language and they write using Latin script, not Cyrillic. Lithuanians are not even Slavs - together with Latvians, Lithuanians are Balts.