Antanas Kandrotas-Celofanas detained by officials, who is it?



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Special multimedia narrative: Riots under the windows of the Seimas: what was it like?

Antanas Kandrotas from Kaunas emerged among the Great March of the Family participants and other protesters and supporters last year, when it began creating content on the YouTube platform.

At first, A.Kandrotas starred in the videos of another controversial character, Kaziemieras Juraitis (later the nickname Celofan became famous), but then he created the channel “Knygnešys” himself.

Since then, Kandrotas has not only been active in creating content on social media, but has also participated in many protests in recent years.

In June of this year, public figure Andrius Tapinas published a photo of Celofan standing in red at a gas station. According to A. Tapinas, it has almost 100 percent. it was guaranteed to be a Belarusian diplomatic car. A.Kandrotas 15 minutes Then he assured that the car did have diplomatic numbers, but that it was not the Belarusian embassy.

In the past, Kandrotas has been convicted three times for various financial crimes, including large-scale fraud. Due to this latest sentence, he also had to serve a custodial sentence in Pravieniškės.

Recently, a court sentenced Celofan to ten months in prison for complicity with the property, but the verdict has not yet entered into force and the case is pending before the Lithuanian Court of Appeal.

He was also one of the people who, in Vilnius, Pylimo str. located in a rainbow colored passage, painted black. He was fined for damaging the road markings.

Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Antanas Kandrotas

Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Antanas Kandrotas

During the rally at the Seimas on August 10, A.Kandrotas was very active, filming videos all day and giving a speech from the stage.

It did not stop broadcasting even after the demonstration turned into riots, then Celofan repeatedly urged people to join the crowd that surrounded the parliament and was in conflict with the police.

During the riots, he also tried to block the bus that had left the Seimas and was stoned at the time, to prevent it from leaving the territory.

After the riots, A.Kandrotas publicly announced a monetary reward for revealing the identities of riot control officers. Police have launched a pre-trial investigation into a report posted on Facebook and other social media.



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