Institution with tradition

In Russia, criminal cases against Lithuania citizens, who, after March 11, 1990, when the national parliament announced the exit of the country from the USSR, obeyed the authorities and refused to serve in the Soviet army or left it. It is reported by DELFI.LT with reference to the Prosecutor General of the country. It is claimed that the persecution threatens three citizens of Lithuania.

Regarding one of these citizens, the department received a request for "legal assistance" from Russia, said the representative of the Prosecutor General of Wilm Majon. However, she added, "since this act, which is recognized in Russia in Russia, is not a criminal act in Lithuania, the issue of granting legal assistance will not be resolved."

She refused to report any details to Majon.

Meanwhile, the Department of State Security of Lithuania turned to citizens who refused in 1990-1991 from service in the Soviet Army, with an urgent call to refrain from traveling to Russia, Belarus and other countries that are not part of the European Union or NATO. "In the current international situation during trips to the mentioned states, there may be a threat to the personal security of these citizens," the department explained.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania, after March 11, 1990, 1562 citizens of the country abandoned the service in the Soviet Army. 67 of them at different times caught during the raids and sent to the army forcibly; Another 20 people were sentenced to real terms of imprisonment, and 3 people were killed. The overwhelming majority of the refuseniks, however, successfully managed to hide from the Soviet authorities until September 1991, when the USSR recognized Lithuania's independence.