At the rally near the Seimas, politicians and celebrities from the criminal world were tried and tried.

The rally near the Seimas on Tuesday brought together a very diverse audience. 5,000 popular protest ended at 5 in the afternoon, but some people did not disperse and blocked the Seimas.

Eventually, everything turned into a riot: the officers began to throw stones, calming the enraged crowd with tear gas.

The rally was attended by a wide range of actors throughout the day. Among them are active popularizers of various conspiracy theories with a criminal biography. Many of them became popular on social media when they began actively spreading lies about the pandemic.

Andrius Lobovas

Andrius Lobov, who shouted loudly about the liberal fascist government at the rally, pasted a Nazi sticker on the phone and got the image of Adolf Hitler tattooed on his shoulder.

After circling the rally all day, he took the speaker in his arms during the riots and continued to incite passions.

In his youth, A. Lobov, who was convicted twice of car theft and released from prison in 2000, became a tattoo artist. He prides himself on participating in their activities without paying taxes.

This character came to the fore during the Garliava scandal, becoming one of the most active supporters of Drąsius Kedys and Neringa Venckienė.

After holding a demonstration at the Kėdainiai court, he was found guilty of obstructing the work of the judges and insulting the court. For this he received 13 thousand. a fine from LTL.

Lobov has been active in spreading the lie that vaccines paralyze people, but his ideas only gained popularity during the coronavirus pandemic. He denied the dangers of COVID-19 and called the vaccine a “cocktail of death and disease.” After the quarantine was announced, he publicly showed how he was violating restrictions and continued to tattoo people.

Antanas Kandrotas-Celofanas

Last year, Antanas Kandrotas from Kaunas received unexpected fame. Hundreds of thousands of people watched the movies he created on Facebook, had the ambition to join the Seimas, and later contributed to the organization of the Family Defense March.

He was also very active during a demonstration on Tuesday, delivering a speech to the audience and publicly urging people to run to the Seimas in case of unrest.

A. Kandrotas may soon be behind bars, as he is currently serving a 10-month prison sentence for helping to waste property, but the sentence has not yet come into force and the appeal is being considered by the Court of Justice of Lithuania. Appeal.

In addition, another case involving a tax avoidance scheme is pending, in which Cellophane is also the defendant.

In his life, Cellophane has already spent three sentences. Probably his most impressive crime is large-scale fraud. Even before the financial crisis, in 2008 A. Kandrotas bought the company, registered it in the name of an associate, and then rented trucks for 3.5 million. LTL. After this fictitious purchase, he still got 620 thousand back. VAT LTL. The man hoped to ditch the company and remain intimidated, but the plan failed. For this millionth scam, Celofan had to sit in Pravieniškės.

Algirdas Paleckas

Algirdas Paleckis, once considered a promising politician, was expelled from the Social Democratic Party in early 2008 for his harsh statements to his comrades. The politician affirmed that the country is not governed by the government, but by the “axis of evil.”

Soon A. Paleckis left the post of vice-mayor of the capital and founded the openly pro-Russian party “Frontas”. It is interesting that this party organized a demonstration in 2009 that put an end to the riots near the Seimas. Although some politicians accused Paleckis of inciting riots, the case of an unauthorized demonstration was dropped in court.

The riots that took place 12 years ago and the speeches about them are very reminiscent of Tuesday’s events near the Seimas. Paleckis said in court that the people wanted to “remove the secretaries of parliament to show respect for the people.” Then the angry crowd demanded that the politicians come out and speak, but then-Seimas member Artūras Zuokas was called a thief and an egg was stuck in his head.

In addition, after the riots, A. Paleckis said that everything was caused by the agents of the Police and the Public Security Service, and not by the protesters who stoned the windows of the Seimas.

This time at the rally, A. Paleckis was not as active, but he was allowed to speak to the audience. Immediately after him, a man took the stage on January 13. Several commentators saw the irony in this, as A. Paleckis is convicted of charges of it at the Television Tower in 1991. “He shot his own.”

At present, A. Paleckis is in danger of spending more than a year behind bars: he has been convicted of spying on Russia by a decision of the Šiauliai Regional Court, which has not yet entered into force, and has been sentenced to 6 years in prison.

Tadeusz Vasilevskis-Gibonas

Many people pointed out that Tadeušas Vasilevskis, nicknamed Gibonas, who is probably the most famous striker in the Vilnius Brigade, is visiting the Seimas at the rally. This criminal figure was also observed in the Family March.

Gibon, a promising boxer in his youth, was perfect for intimidating blackmailers due to his impressive position, which is why he was protected by criminals in the capital.

It is true that he is best known for extremely brutal crimes, but for drunkenness and curious adventures. For example, once drunk, he took the girl to a hotel, but confused the buildings, he went to the dormitory of the Supreme Council guards. Here, in bed, they were captured by an officer who lived there.

Drunkenness also saved Gibon from years in prison for trying to accuse him of organizing more than one murder. At the meetings, where it was planned to get the wrong people out, T. Vasilevskis did attend, but according to witnesses, they arrived completely drunk and simply fell asleep.

The last time Gibon appeared in court it was because he sold 2 grams of cocaine to a friend for 300 litas and kept another 16 grams. This time he was sentenced to 3 years in prison for drug distribution.

Kęstutis Vaitiekūnas-Kestorius

The journalists of the portal paninfo.lt noticed the appearance of the criminal character Kęstutis Vaitiekūnas at the rally. In the past, he was named the leader of the Panevėžys Šmikiniai gang.

A well-known criminal named Kestorius became famous in 1996, when mob businessman Rimantas defended himself with a pistol.

4 mobsters jir shot and 4 more injured. K. Vaitiekūnas survived only by a happy coincidence, the businessman wanted to shoot him again, but he ran out of bullets.

The cured Kestor was jailed for 8 years for a scam. After his release, he was caught for robbery in the capital and was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Viktor Uspaskich

Viktor Uspaskich, a member of the European Parliament, who was received during the demonstration during the demonstration, probably contributed financially to the organization of the protest, at least that information was provided by another protester participant, Vaidas Lekstutis.

V. Uspaskich, the founder of the Labor Party, is convicted in the famous “Black Accounting” case. 2006 as a result, when the prosecution launched an investigation, the politician separated and hid in Russia for a time, even requesting political asylum there. However, he later returned to Lithuania and was tried.

V. Uspaskich was found guilty of organizing illegal Labor Party accounting, hiding a total of 25 million. LTL revenue and LTL 23 million. LTL expenses.

During the pandemic, the MEP also distinguished itself by spreading a wide range of conspiracy theories and even tried to make a profit by trading in water that was supposedly treated by COVID-19.

Petras Gražulis

Seimas member Petras Gražulis was active not only in the daytime part of the rally, but also in the crowd after the riots started. Furthermore, he gave an interview in Russian explaining that Lithuania is worse than Belarus.

Presumably the parliamentarian, who is often involved in various scandals, is currently forced to think about the thresholds of the courts. He is accused of abuse.

Prosecutors are trying to prove that P. Gražulis abused his position as a member of the Seimas from 2015 to 2017 and handled the affairs of the Judex company when Listeria bacteria were found in frozen food. The MP may have benefited in kind as a result.

“PAG. Gražulis formed a negative public opinion about the Seimas and its members, showed disrespect for the Constitution, distorted the functions of the Seimas, demonstrated with his behavior that he was not subject to the law, broke the oath of a member of the Seimas. ”Said prosecutor Rolandas Stankevičius.

Gintaras Furmanavičius

Another former Interior Minister, Gintaras Furmanavičius, convicted of corruption offenses, also participated in the demonstration.

While acting as an advisor to the Director of the National Land Service, G. Furmanavičius demanded 20 thousand. € 1 million bribe, promising to influence officials to connect public land to a single business plot. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison for influence peddling.

G. Furmanavičius has also recently become popular on Facebook, spreading various conspiracy theories.

Vaidas Lekstutis

Vaidas Lekstutis, already mentioned, also actively participated in the protest and delivered a speech to the audience from the stage.

This character was convicted of inciting national discord. In one of his comments, he called for the deportations of Lithuanians to the open air Siberian ventilation.

For this reason, he was deprived of his liberty for a year and assigned to public works.