66 N A T I O N A L S E C U R I T Y S T R A T E G Y resources, these conflicts may have negative consequences for the countries of the region as well as the broader international community; 14.5. terrorism, extremism, radicalization – intentions and capabilities of persons supporting ideologies of religious and political extremism to commit terrorist offences in the Republic of Lithuania, terrorist activities of terrorist organizations operating in foreign states and persons associated with them, spreading of terrorist threats from the conflict regions; 14.6. information threats – military propaganda spread by certain states and non-state actors, warmongering and incitement to hatred, attempts to distort history as well as other unsubstantiated and misleading information directed against the national security interests of the Republic of Lithuania which leads to distrust of and dissatisfaction with the State of Lithuania and its institutions, democracy, national defence, seeks to widen national and cultural divides and to weaken national identity and active citizenship, attempts to discredit Lithuania’s membership of NATO, NATO capabilities and the commitment to defend allies, to undermine citizens’ will to defend their state; also information activities that are aimed at influencing the country’s democratic or electoral processes or the party system, or that are targeted at the societies and policy makers of other Member States of the EU and NATO, seeking unfavourable decisions for the Republic of Lithuania; 14.7. cyber threats – actions in the cyber space aimed at disturbing the functioning of critical information infrastructures, activities of state institutions and economic sectors of importance for national security, obtaining classified or any other non-public information, committing other criminal acts and thus impairing the security of the State and its citizens; 14.8. economic and energy dependence, economic vulnerability – dominance in the economic sectors of strategic importance for national security of economic entities of states which do not meet the Euro-Atlantic integration criteria as well as economic entities of states which are members of political, military, economic and other unions and commonwealths of the states founded on the basis of the former USSR, intentions to take control of enterprises and equipment of strategic importance for national security and land parcels, operation of the Baltic states’ electricity system in the synchronous transmission grid of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPS/UPS) hindering the management of the electrical system of the Republic of Lithuania and electricity flows through connectors with the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus; inadequate protection of enterprises and equipment of strategic importance for national security or use in violation of national interests, monopolization of the import of energy sources, disruption of the development and competitiveness of the transport system, insufficient diversification of export and investments; 14.9. development of unsafe nuclear energy projects nearby the borders of the Republic of Lithuania, non-compliance with international nuclear safety, radiation and environmental protection requirements in the process of designing, building and operating nuclear energy facilities by the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, without conducting environmental impact assessment; 14.10. social and regional exclusion, poverty – growth of social exclusion among the regions and the high level of poverty of certain social groups decrease the society’s resilience to a nega-