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Relatives of four people who died in the Soviet army's crackdown on unarmed civilians in Vilnius in January 1991 have appealed against a Vilnius court's decision to drop a civil case they initiated against Mikhail Gorbachev, the then Soviet leader, over his role in the events.
Taiwan on Thursday thanked Lithuania for setting a "historical precedent" and said it "will defend itself to the last day" as it congratulated the country on the Day of the Defenders of Freedom.
Lawyers representing Algirdas Paleckis, a former Lithuanian politician who was found guilty of and sentenced to six years in prison for spying for Russia in late July, have appealed the court ruling with the Court of Appeal.
Two lawmakers from the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats have proposed making the Day of Freedom Defenders on January 13 a public holiday.
Vilnius is hosting on Saturday a traditional run to pay tribute to the victims of the Soviet army's crackdown on unarmed civilians in the Lithuanian capital 29 years ago.
Lithuania's Prosecutor General's Office said on Wednesday a separate pre-trial investigation into the 1991 Soviet crackdown on Lithuania's independence movement will be continued.
Remigijus Motuzas, Lithuania's ambassador to Russia, remains recalled from Moscow "until a separate decision", the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
The Vilnius Regional Court has so far received no response from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev whom it wants to testify as a witness in a mass trial related to the bloody events of January 13, 1991 in Vilnius.
Spokesman for the Soviet Union's former president Mikhail Gorbachev has refused to comment on the Vilnius court's ruling to question him in the January 13 attempted coup trial.
The Vilnius court hearing a trial of the January 13 attempted coup has decided to question former president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.
The Grand Chancellor of the Order of Malta, on a visit to Vilnius, says that Lithuania has made a big progress, but there are still many disadvantaged and vulnerable people in the country.
