In 2015, Grybauskaitė received some backlash in Latvia as well as Lithuania after an interview for Latvian Television. The conversation took a different turn after journalist Gundars Rēders asked about the possibility of legalisation of same-sex marriages in Lithuania. The President of Lithuania responded by saying that there are no discussions regarding this question and added: “I think we did not agree on these questions. We agreed on [a specific set of] questions and you don't try to drag me on for 40 minutes. If you’re finished with your questions, we’re finished.” Soon after, Grybauskaitė demanded that the latter segment of the interview would be cut out. Rēders continued by asking about the President's thoughts on the tragedy of Maxima, which took place in Riga in 2013, and about her top 5 favourite basketball players but such questions were also turned down. “You cannot ask non-agreed questions for the President. I don't give such kind of interviews,” Grybauskaitė added once the interview had come to an end. Latvians, especially the journalist community, expressed their dismay on social media towards the seemingly authoritarian behaviour of the Lithuanian President. Famous Latvian journalist Inga Spriņģe reacted to the infamous interview on Twitter, by saying: “Hmm, if Grybauskaitė demanded so fiercely to cut out the questions that were not agreed upon beforehand, I have a feeling that for Lithuanian journalists it is the norm.” Another minor incident that received attention in Lithuania happened in November 2017, during a Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth in Gothenburg, Sweden where a local reporter for Göteborgs-Posten asked Grybauskaitė whether she's aware of the discrimination of Lithuanian employees in Sweden as well as the fact that they are getting underpaid. The President expressed her unawareness and stated that “[i]t’s not a very good message to me. I will clarify if it’s true.” The response was followed by the President's attempt to laugh off the situation, which was something Lithuanians back home perceived as completely inappropriate while local political commentators believed that Grybauskaitė’s way of handling the unexpected question was not suitable either. KGB accusations The public had questioned Grybauskaitė’s possible relations to the KGB in the past numerous times. Dalia Grybauskaitė herself had repeatedly denied having any ties with the Soviet intelligence services. Lithuanian investigative journalist Rūta Janutienė made an episode on Grybauskaitė showcasing various documents about her possible ties with the KGB but this episode never