Chief advisor to the president on interior policy Virginija Budienė says that Lithuanian citizens who left or refused to serve in the Soviet army after Lithuania declared independence from the USSR in March 1990 did not commit a crime.
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Russia has reopened 25-year-old cases that may lead to criminal charges against young people who refused to serve in the Soviet army in 1990-1991, shows a request for legal assistance received by the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office.
Moscow says that it will not extradite Vladimir Romanov, owner of the bankrupt Ūkio Bankas, to Lithuania, as he has been granted asylum in Russia, the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office informed on Monday.
Last Friday, the Office of Prosecutor received a request from former general forest manager Benjaminas Sakalauskas to launch a pre-trial investigation into alleged defamation.
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office dropped a pre-trial investigation over TV3 channel's actions after the initial allegations against the channel's parent company were dismissed.
Lithuania's acting Prosecutor General Darius Raulušaitis on Monday turned to European Parliament President Martin Schulz with a request to take away the immunity from prosecution of Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich. The Lithuanian Court of Appeals is currently hearing a fraud case against him.