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According to judicial representative Vytautas Jončas, former interim president of the Lithuanian People’s Party, son of politician Kazimira Prunskienė Vaidotas Prunskus, representatives of this party Artūras Šidlauskas and Danguolė Tautvydienė and former leader of the pro-Soviet organization Jedinstvo were invited to testify at this hearing.
V. Prunskus and V. Ivanov will testify remotely on Tuesday.
At a hearing two weeks ago, the court already questioned Andrei Gorbatenkov, vice president of the Popular Socialist Front, Pavel Zevchikov, a member of the junta, and Giedrius Galkauskas, a diplomat.
In the case, A. Paleckis and businessman Deimantas Bertauskas are accused of spying for another state while operating in an organized group. The former politician denies and pleads guilty after conducting a journalistic investigation. D. Bertauskas admits guilt.
The case was appointed to be heard in Šiauliai in early March by the Lithuanian Court of Appeal, when the Vilnius Regional Court withdrew from the case.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, from February 2017 to October 2018, the defendants, acting in an organized group with an unidentified Russian intelligence officer during the pre-trial investigation and other Russian nationals, one of whom was convicted in a 13 from January. case, possibly raised money in Lithuania Information of interest to Russian intelligence.
Other remuneration includes assistance in establishing contacts with representatives of a Russian political party in order to obtain funding for one of the parties registered in Lithuania, as well as assistance in establishing business contacts.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the defendants were tasked with gathering information on the officials and judges investigating the January 13 case, as well as information on other cases related to Russia’s aggression against Lithuania in 1990-1991.
Among other things, the defendant had to find people working for the Lithuanian authorities who provided false information about the health status of Yuri Melis, who was convicted in the case of January 13, for illegal monetary compensation to the Lithuanian police authorities . otherwise it will facilitate the arrest of J. Melis.
In early January, the court extended the preventive detention measure imposed on A. Paleckis and D. Bertauskas for another three months.
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