Nikolai Filipchenko Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

First spy exchange in Lithuania: how did it happen?

December 30, 2019 Mačys Laurinkus 0

Several decades ago, hostile parties would meet on a Havel river bridge in Germany and exchange captive intelligence operatives. This helped maintain a balance during the Cold War between clashing states and regain spies, who […]

Lithuania: Russian FSB spying convict files appeal against the verdict

August 3, 2017 BNS EN 0

Russian citizen Nikolai Filipchenko sentenced in Vilnius in early July on charges of spying has filed an appeal against the verdict. […]

Court sentences Russian to 10 years in prison for spying

July 10, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Vilnius Regional Court on Friday sentenced Nikolai Filipchenko, a Russian citizen, to ten years in prison for spying. […]

Lithuanian court to pronounce verdict for Russian FSB spying suspect

July 7, 2017 BNS EN 0

A Vilnius court will Friday pronounce a verdict for Russian citizen Nikolai Filipchenko charged with spying. […]

Energy experts: we don’t want it, but Belarussian electricity will reach the Baltic States anyway?

September 28, 2020 0

It appears that Lithuania is no longer combatting the opening of Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant along, with Latvia joining. The neighbouring country, just like Lithuania, has declared that it will not purchase electricity from the […]

Lithuanian Parliament adopts a resolution urging Germany to stop NordStream2

September 25, 2020 0

On the 24th of September, the Lithuanian Parliament, having regard to the European Parliament’s resolution on the situation in Russia, the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, and continuing discussions on the future of “Nord Stream 2” […]

Mačiulis: Lithuania has been able to avoid shock and so the economy will contract the least

September 22, 2020 0

The coronavirus crisis has struck a major blow to the global economy. However, Lithuania’s economy was almost able to avoid economic shock, with the country posting among the smallest declines in its economy among all […]

Kubilius. When will a “Belarusian” democratic revolution take place in Russia?

September 16, 2020 0

Regional elections were held in parts of Russia on Sunday (September 13). All of Russia has found itself between Khabarovsk in the Far East, with relentless protests throughout the summer, and Belarus, with a real […]

“K-shaped” recovery and have the Baltic economies joined the Northern European League?

September 15, 2020 0

The COVID-19 recession was widely expected to be the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression and much worse that the Great Recession of 2008-2009. It can still be, but recent economic data suggests […]

The Façade Democracy in Lithuania: Elections Exclusive to those already in Parliament

September 14, 2020 0

Lithuanian politicians have been devotedly active in their fight for democracy in neighboring countries, and yet are more than willing to come to terms with the façade democracy they themselves have created in Lithuania. The […]