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Lithuania charges three with defacing anti-Soviet monument
Lithuania charges three with defacing anti-Soviet monument

The Star

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Lithuania charges three with defacing anti-Soviet monument

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A Lithuanian prosecutor said on Wednesday he had charged three people with defacing a monument to an anti-Soviet resistance leader in January 2024, and that Russian intelligence was the main organiser behind the act. Prosecutor Rimas Bradunas told a press conference two of the three charged are dual Estonian-Russian citizens, while one is a Russian citizen. When asked at the press conference about any involvement of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency in the act, Bradunas said: "That was the main organizer, without doubt, yes". Two of the three detained were arrested in Estonia and handed over to Lithuania, he said. (Reporting by Andrius Sytas, writing by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Anna Ringstrom)

Lithuania charges three with defacing anti-Soviet monument
Lithuania charges three with defacing anti-Soviet monument

Straits Times

timea day ago

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Lithuania charges three with defacing anti-Soviet monument

Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox COPENHAGEN - A Lithuanian prosecutor said on Wednesday he had charged three people with defacing a monument to an anti-Soviet resistance leader in January 2024, and that Russian intelligence was the main organiser behind the act. Prosecutor Rimas Bradunas told a press conference two of the three charged are dual Estonian-Russian citizens, while one is a Russian citizen. When asked at the press conference about any involvement of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency in the act, Bradunas said: "That was the main organizer, without doubt, yes". Two of the three detained were arrested in Estonia and handed over to Lithuania, he said. REUTERS

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