Gorbachev denies having ordered the shootings in Vilnius during 13 January 1991
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union its former president Mikhail Gorbachev gave an interview to the Austrian publication “Die Presse”. Among other things, he was...
View Article20 years after the putsch: Russia and Lithuania by Denisenko
The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The August putsch in Moscow turned out as an apotheosis of this collapse. Twenty years ago Lithuania was fighting for the recovered independence which was not...
View ArticleWhat we created after 13 January has surpassed many dreams, by...
Each year, at the beginning of January, with the Day of Freedom Defenders approaching, we hear voices chanting more or less the same sad song, asking whether this is the Lithuania we fought for, and...
View ArticleArtūras Skučas’ memoirs of a pawn in 1991 Lithuanian-Soviet game of chess
Artūras Skučas, former security head of the Supreme Council and one of the founders of the Sąjūdis movement, has recently published a book, “Notes of an Infantryman,” where he reveals previously...
View ArticleVaisvila picked wrong occasion for speech – Lithuania’s ex-president Adamkus
Lithuanian 1991 Independence Act signatory Zigmas Vaisvila probably chose a wrong venue for his speech, former president Valdas Adamkus said. In his speech during a solemn Seimas meeting held to mark...
View ArticleLithuania is commemorating Day of Freedom Defenders
BNS Today Lithuania is commemorating a 23-year anniversary of the attempted coup of 13 January 1991. On Monday morning, candles of unity will be lit in the windows of Lithuanian schools, bureaus and...
View ArticleFreedom Defenders Day marked at Lithuanian Embassy in the US
Virginijus Sinkevičius | The Lithuania Tribune On 16 January 2014, the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington D.C. invited local Lithuanians, foreign diplomats and military officers to mark 13 January – the...
View ArticleVilnius court to rule on restricted freedom for 13 January detainee
(BNS) A Vilnius court will decide on Friday if it will keep custody of a Russian citizen arrested this week in connection to the 13 January 1991 TV Tower attack. Lithuanian authorities apprehended the...
View ArticleProsecutor: 13 January suspect was involved in storming of Vilnius TV tower
(BNS) A Vilnius court held a hearing on Friday to set an arrest period for the Russian citizen who is a suspect in the 13 January 1991 attempted coup case. The Court ruled to arrest the Russian...
View ArticleHe used to come to Lithuania almost monthly – lawyer for January 13 detainee
BNS Yuriy Mel, a Russian citizen recently detained as a suspect in the January 13, 1991 case in Lithuania, has been coming to Lithuania almost every month, his state-paid lawyer Anatolij Svila says....
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