Gabrielius Landsbergis, head of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commented on the correspondence, accusing the Kremlin of inciting passions arrest Three Lithuanian judges who sentenced more than 50 Russians in connection with the riots in Vilnius in 1991. told the agency BNS.
“Russia has repeatedly used this situation in its propaganda. Therefore, the decision rendered in the absence of the three judges is a rekindling of the passions of the Kremlin regime, and this once again confirms that the court and the verdict in the case are legitimate in our country.
in March reportedYuri Mel, a retired colonel who was convicted in Lithuania nine years ago, has returned to Russia. Mel was detained while crossing the Lithuanian border in March 2014. The investigation alleged that the officer raided the television tower and the television committee building during the “January events” in Vilnius in 1991.
The events in Vilnius had wide repercussions abroad. Other countries, including the United States, Canada, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Eastern European countries, protested the actions of the government of Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and last president of the USSR, in the Baltic. Decisions already taken regarding the provision of loans and financial aid to the USSR totaling $16 billion have been frozen.
Previously Latvian Foreign Minister Rinkevich said that the Baltic states were never “post-Soviet”.