Member of Seimas since 2016, National Security & Defence Committee. Member of Ethics & Procedures Commision. Vice Chair of Parliamentary group for relations with Taiwan. Vice President of Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Chair of in-party Defence Committee, shadow defence minister. Blacklisted by Peoples Republic of China. Sponsor of Resolution on Uighur Genocide (passed by landslide vote May 2021). Co-founder and Co-Chair of Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.