USSR

  • Society

Lithuanian prosecutors hand ‘biggest in history’ January 13 case to court

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office is handing to court the case of attempted coup of January 13, 1991, which is…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian law expert: Communist crimes tribunal a symbolic act but of little legal consequence

Establishing an international institution for investigating Communist crimes would be a rather symbolic act, but it will probably would not…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian wants Mikhail Gorbachev’s role in January 1991 aggression investigated

Robertas Povilaitis who lost his father during the Soviet aggression in Vilnius on January 13, 1991, has turned to the…

9 years ago
  • Sports

Šarūnas Marčiulonis to be nominated for FIBA’s hall of fame

Lithuania's basketball legend Šarūnas Marčiulonis, who started his career in BC Statyba in 1981, and managed to leave for the…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania marks 24-year anniversary of Medininkai checkpoint massacre

Friday marks 24 years since tragic events at the Lithuanian checkpoint of Medininkai when seven Lithuanian officials were gunned down…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Potsdam Conference and Russia’s crooked-mirror politics in Kaliningrad

Most of the time history can’t be put to bed even though agreements to end wars have been concluded, victors…

9 years ago
  • Society

Hundreds mark anniversary of Welles Declaration in Vilnius

About 300 people celebrated the 75-year anniversary of the US declaration that condemned the half-century occupation of the Baltic states.…

9 years ago
  • Society

Palanga town to scale down memorial for WWII Soviet soldiers

The authorities of Lithuania's coastal resort town Palanga plan to tone down the monument for killed Soviet soldiers in the…

9 years ago
  • Society

Vilnius to mark 75-year anniversary of US non-recognition of Soviet occupation

A ceremony will take place in Vilnius on Thursday to celebrate 75 years since the Welles Declaration by which the…

9 years ago
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Law professor: By questioning Baltic independence, Russia would acknowledge its responsibility for Soviet crimes

A piece of recent news from Russia raised particularly many eyebrows last week. Media reported that the Office of Prosecutor…

9 years ago
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Lithuanian envoy says reports on Baltic independence probe in Russia are “propaganda”

Lithuanian Ambassador to Russia Remigijus Motuzas calls Russian media reports of a probe allegedly launched in Russia into the recognition…

9 years ago
  • Society

Former Soviet police officer sentenced for deporting civilians from Lithuania

Vilnius Regional Court on Tuesday sentenced a former Soviet police (militia) officer to five years in prison for the deportation…

9 years ago
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Russia’s prosecutor general to examine legitimacy of Baltic states’ independence

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has opened an investigation into the legitimacy of the independence of the Baltic states. The office…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian parliament classifies data on ex-KGB collaborators for 75 years

The Seimas of Lithuania decided on Tuesday to classify information about former KGB collaborators for 75 years after 80 MPs…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian prosecutors finishing indictment in January 13 case

Prosecutors from Lithuania's Prosecutor General's Office are finishing the indictment in the January 13 case, with 69 people, mainly Russian,…

9 years ago
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Putin’s Russia. The dangerous illusion of independent and western oligarchs

I decided to dedicate one more essay in the "Putin's Russia" series to Russian oligarchs because of one piece of…

10 years ago
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Russian lawmakers question legitimacy of USSR State Council recognizing Baltic independence

Russian Duma members Evgeny Fedorov and Anton Roman have turned to Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika with a request to…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania commemorates 75 years since beginning of Soviet occupation and mass deportations

Lithuania marks the Mourning and Hope Day on June 14, commemorating the start of the occupation by the Soviet Union…

10 years ago
  • Politics

President’s adviser on OMON officers’ acquittal: spirit of law should be put above word of law

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė does not comment on the ruling of Vilnius Regional Court which acquitted Soviet OMON officers Boleslav…

10 years ago
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Lithuanian prosecutors to appeal against acquittal of OMON officers

Lithuanian prosecutors have decided to appeal against the court ruling to clear former commanders of the Soviet special militia unit…

10 years ago