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High-ranking Russian spy refuses to testify in Vilnius court
Nikolai Philiptchenko, a high-ranking Russian intelligence agent charged with espionage against Lithuania, on Friday refused to testify in his trial in the Vilnius Regional Court. […]
Defence
Lithuanian man doesn’t contest 5-yr sentence for spying for Belarus
Romualdas Lipskis, a former employee of Lithuania’s state air traffic company Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) sentenced to five years in prison for spying for Belarus, is not contesting his sentence. […]
Foreign affairs
Defence
Spying suspect stripped of Lithuanian citizenship after concealing Russian nationality
Sergey Moiseyenko, a 66-year-old espionage suspect on trial in Lithuania, concealed his Russian citizenship from Lithuanian institutions.
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Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian sentenced to 13 years for spying in Russia
A court in Russia‘s Kaliningrad region has found Yevgeny Mataitis, a dual Lithuanian-Russian citizen, guilty of high treason and sentenced him to 13 years in prison, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian does not appeal against espionage conviction in Russia
Prison sentence passed by a Russian court for Lithuanian national Aristidas Tamošaitis came into effect after he did not appeal against conviction on espionage charges. Tamošaitis was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in a high-security […]
Foreign affairs
Society
Controls on wiretapping still too weak in Lithuania, say critics
The scope of wiretapping of telephone conversations in Lithuania has fallen in the last year but critics maintain that court control of the practice remains too weak as Lithuanian judges approve more than 96% of requests from prosecutors. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army paramedic convicted for spying for Belarus
A Vilnius court on Friday sentenced Andrey Osurkov, a former paramedic of Lithuania’s Armed Forces, to three years in prison for spying for Belarus. […]
Defence
Lithuanian border guards targeted by foreign intelligence six times last year
Foreign intelligence agencies keep approaching Lithuania’s border guards in order to recruit them, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said on Friday. Six such attempts were reported last year. […]
Defence
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Estonian officer Kohver sentenced to 15 years by Russian court
The Pskov Oblast Court sentenced the Estonian Security Police Officer Eston Kohver to a prison term of 15 years, reports the National Broadcasting. […]
Defence
Foreign services made four attempts to recruit Lithuanian border guards this year
Four attempts by foreign services to recruit officers of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service were documented in 2015, the service said on Friday. […]
Economy
Lithuanian services could not afford Italian spying equipment
Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service, police, State Border Guard Service, State Security Department and military intelligence were looking into possibilities to secretly purchase, via intermediates in Lithuania, secret surveillance equipment produced in Italy but the deal failed as it was too expensive, the 15min.lt news website reports, citing WikiLeaks. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian spying suspect to get Russian state-appointed lawyer
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it has contacted the Lithuanian citizen who has been arrested in Moscow on spying charges, Aristidas Tamošaitis. According to the ministry, the Lithuanian national is feeling well and does not want his Russian state-appointed lawyer replaced. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian diplomat allowed to see spying suspect in Russia
Lithuania’s consul to Russia should on Friday meet with the Lithuanian citizen detained in Moscow on spying charges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed. […]
Foreign affairs