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The title is misleading, since all the Baltic countries have basic income for like 20 years. If anyone's interested - in Lithuania it's 305euros, in Latvia 350, in Estonia, if i'm not mistaken it's something about 400

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We are all interested but some references would be handy. Are you sure that you have not confused this with a CONDITIONAL minimum income? That is one that is only available to people who don't have an income, a means tested payment.

Also even in the Baltic states EU400 is surely not much for a month.

You are mistaken. You are referring to the common welfare system that western countries tend to have which could be thought of as a minimum income but which leads to lots of bureaucracy due to the requirement for means testing. Basic income is different because it is unconditionally paid to everyone without any means testing.

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