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Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the court, which took place in Lithuanian capital on Wednesday, March 27, a “disgraceful court”.
Vilnius has violated all the main principles of justice by its actions. Above all is that the provisions of the legislation are not retroactive, Ministry stressed. The court refused to take into account the testimony of witnesses who denied the involvement of Soviet soldiers in death of civilians in Vilnius in January 1991.
According to the Lithuanian law enforcement agencies, 14 people died during the assault of the television center by Soviet soldiers. A few hundred people were injured. According to Lithuania, the number of victims is increasing every year.
The desire of Lithuanian authorities to tamper with the obvious facts, using judicial manipulations, proves the destructive policy of Vilnius towards Moscow.
Note, Russian citizen Yuri Mel was sentenced to seven years in prison. Another Russian citizen, Gennady Ivanov, who lives in Lithuania, was sentenced to four years in prison.
At the court session, Dmitry Yazov, who served as the Minister of Defense of Soviet Union in the 1990s, and former KGB officer Mikhail Golovatov were convicted in absentia. They were sentenced to 10 and 12 years in custody. Russian Embassy noted earlier that diplomats and the press were not able to attend the court hearing. They were not allowed under the pretext “there are not enough seats” in the hall.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs described these actions as extremely unfriendly and, in fact, provocative, showing the bias and political motivation of the court.
Russkiy Mir
