Dmitry Yazov

  • Central/Eastern Europe

Give a humanitarian corridor for the wounded in Mariupol!

Medics at a field hospital located in the underground premises of the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged Ukrainian city…

3 years ago
  • Society

Vilnius court closes 1991 crackdown case, to issue ruling in February

A Vilnius court on Friday completed hearings in a mass trial related to the 1991 Soviet crackdown on protesters in…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Ex-KGB officer tells court they were in Vilnius in 1991 on Gorbachev’s orders

Mikhail Golovatov, a former KGB officer who is being tried in absentia for his role in the January 1991 bloody…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Russian tried for 1991 crackdown in Vilnius says Soviet army was misused

Yuri Mel, a Russian citizen standing trial in Lithuania for his involvement in the January 1991 crackdown on protesters in…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

1991 crackdown case defendant Golovatov sees trial as political

Mikhail Golovatov, a former KGB officer who is being tried in absentia for his role in the January 1991 bloody…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lawyer of Russian tried for 1991 crackdown in Vilnius calls him ‘victim and hostage’

The defense lawyer of Yuriy Mel, a Russian citizen arrested in Lithuania and now standing trial for his involvement in…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

We have no plans to travel to Russia, Lithuanian judge, prosecutor say

The Lithuanian judges and prosecutors working on the Jan. 13 case downplay Russia's decision to open criminal cases against them…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian chief prosecutor calls Russia’s attempt to intimidate prosecutors undemocratic

Russia's decision to open criminal cases against the Lithuanian prosecutors and judges working on the Jan. 13 case is an…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Seimas speaker accuses Russia of pressuring courts, prosecutors

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis on Monday accused Moscow of putting pressure on Lithuanians officials after Russia launched…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s top judge calls Russia’s behavior “a parody of justice”

Dainius Žalimas, president of Lithuania's Constitutional Court, has called Russia's decision to launch an investigation against Lithuanian judges and prosecutors…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian formin warns Jan. 13 judges, prosecutors not to travel to Russia

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has warned the prosecutors and judges working on the January 13 case not to travel…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian expert calls Russia’s Jan. 13 probe a propaganda move

Russia has launched cases against Lithuanian law enforcement officers hearing the January 13 cases for propaganda reasons, Lithuanian political scientist…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian ForMin: Russia is pitting, sinking deeper into slough of Soviet past

Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called Russia's decision to open criminal cases against Lithuanian prosecutors and judges hearing the…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Landsbergis suggests ignoring Russian probe against Lithuanian judges, prosecutors

Vytautas Landsbergis, the first leader of post-independence Lithuania, suggests ignoring Russia's decision to open cases against Lithuanian prosecutors and judges…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian MP calls Russia’s Jan. 13 probe “desperate attempt” to deny tragic events

A law enforcement investigation in Russia against law enforcement officers hearing the January 13 case in Lithuania is a desperate…

6 years ago
  • Society

Proposed Jan. 13 sentences are “fair”, victim’s son says

The sentences proposed by Lithuanian prosecutors for those on trial in absentia in the January 13, 1991 case are fair,…

7 years ago
  • History
  • Society

Prosecutors ask for life sentence for former Soviet Defense Minister Yazov (Updated)

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office asks a court to find former Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov guilty of crimes against…

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian prosecutors to propose sentences against 66 defendants in 1991 crackdown trial

Public prosecutors from the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office on Tuesday started delivering their concluding statements in a mass trial related…

7 years ago