SE Lithuania completed the trial of the events of 13 January 1991

The Prosecutor General of Lithuania completed the pre-trial proceedings regarding 69 Residents of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus on the case about the events of 13 January 1991, when the result of collisions at the telecentre in Vilnius died 14 people, more than 600 were injured, said on Thursday the press service of the Ministry reported.

" The twelfth of November 2014 was completed pre-trial hearing on January 13. The decision to stop the trial was made the once sufficient data were collected about the main suspects, according to the report. Enacted in 2011, amendments to the Criminal code of Lithuania allow you to finish the pre-trial proceedings in cases concerning crimes against humanity and war crimes without participation in the process suspects that Lithuania does not have a Statute of limitations.

according to the press service of the Prosecutor, pre-trial proceedings are completed relatively 69 suspects, and with respect to other persons who may have committed criminal acts, continues a separate pre-trial hearing. Before the Prosecutor's office reported 79 suspects in the case in connection with the events in Vilnius on 13 January 1991, the citizens of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Indicates that, as most of the suspects hiding abroad, their names issued a European warrant of detention, they are all declared in the international search.

The participants of the process, the suspects and their lawyers, victims, civil plaintiffs and their representatives will be able to familiarize with the materials of pre-trial investigation until may 12, 2015. Then the case of more than 700 volumes indictment will be handed over to the court.

The Supreme Council of Lithuania eleven March 1990 declared the restoration of independence of the Republic, but the authorities of the USSR stated that the Decision unconstitutional. In January 1991 in Lithuania were started unauthorized demonstrations of disagreement, then the Republic had already been deployed soldiers of the special forces, airborne units, which took a number of strategic objects. In the night of January 13, a column of Soviet tanks moved into the centre of Vilnius. Secret service officers claimed that the clashes were the result of large-scale provocation, but all the victims had been shot by snipers.


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