Lithuanian prosecutors investigate suspected anti-constitutional activity on Facebook page

“An investigation according to Articles 121 and 122 of the Criminal Code was started on 4 February,” Vilma Mažonė, senior specialist at the Communications Division at the prosecutor’s office, told BNS.

The two articles of the Criminal Code envisage liability for founding anti-Constitutional groups and organizations, operations and public calls to violate a country’s sovereignty.

Administrators of the Russian- and Polish-language account The People’s Republic of Vilnius demand “bringing ‘little green men’ to the Vilnius region from Poland and hold a referendum among the local population” about seceding from Lithuania.

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In Mažonė’s words, no suspicions have been brought in the investigation yet, with prosecutors now working to identify the administrators of the account.

Founding of anti-Constitutional groups or organizations is an offence in Lithuania, punishable with 3-10 years in prison. Individuals who publicly encourage others to use violence to violate Lithuania’s sovereignty may face jail term of up to five years.

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