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. […]

Intelligence assesses a brand new threat in Lithuania: known names of dozens of people

May 19, 2022 0

After the State Security Department (DSS) explicitly identified the threat of possible terrorist attacks by far-right groups in the near future for the first time this year, experts consider that the intelligence services would not […]

Finland’s announcement of its plans comes as a warning: Lithuania needs to rethink its security concept now

May 14, 2022 0

On 13 May, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said they support the idea of the country joining NATO. Experts say that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO would significantly […]

It’s still same Russia

May 10, 2022 0

Be it Putin, Stalin or a tsar, Russia repeats its crimes and lies. That is why Moscow’s imperialism must end forever – on the occasion of the Victory in Europe write Members of the European […]

G. Landsbergis: Why don’t we learn our lessons?

May 10, 2022 0

The capitulation of the Nazi regime in Rheims, France and Berlin, Germany, on the 7th and 8th of May, in 1945 is considered the Victory Day all over the free world. It really commemorates a […]

Intense price hikes ahead in another sector, warns: many people will feel the impact

May 3, 2022 0

Experts’ forecasts for the Lithuanian economy are far from optimistic. Economists say that rising inflation and Russia’s war in Ukraine will only further accelerate the rise in food prices and deglobalisation. The construction sector is […]

Changes for COVID-19 from May 1 in Lithuania

May 2, 2022 0

From 1 May, the emergency situation in Lithuania has been lifted. From then on, not only the rules on wearing masks will change, but also the rules on visiting patients. At that time, it will […]