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According to court representative Vytautas Jončas, A. Paleckis is required to be at his place of residence in Vilnius from 5 pm to 7 am and not to leave the city outside of Vilnius, except in cases related to participation in court hearings.
Changing the conditions of intensive supervision granted to A. Paleckis by the Court of Appeals on April 6, the Šiauliai Regional Court noted that the accused was generally prohibited from leaving his home, including going to a medical institution or meeting with attorneys, and there is no evidence that it was a breach of the conditions of the return measure.
In addition, the court noted that two more preventive detention measures have been imposed on A. Paleckis: 50,000. deposit in euros and collection of identity documents.
Erik Ovcharenko / 15min photo / At the court of Algirdas Paleckis
“The court decides that there are reasons to relax the intensive care conditions assigned to defendant A. Paleckis, allowing him to leave his home for a specified time, but without leaving the city of Vilnius,” the court ruled.
The accused’s hearing will also continue at this hearing.
A. Paleckis, along with businessman Deimantas Bertauskas, is accused of spying for the benefit of another state while operating in an organized group. The former politician denies his guilt and claims to have carried out a journalistic investigation. D. Bertauskas admits his guilt.
The case was appointed by the Lithuanian Court of Appeal in Šiauliai in early March, after 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 a Russian intelligence officer and other Russian citizens, one of whom was found guilty in a case on January 13, they may have collected information of interest to Russian intelligence in Lithuania for monetary and other consideration. .
Other remuneration includes assistance in establishing contacts with representatives of a Russian political party in order to obtain funds for one of the registered Lithuanian parties, as well as assistance in establishing business contacts.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the defendants were tasked with gathering information on the officers and judges they were investigating on January 13, 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 would provide the Lithuanian police authorities with false information about the state of health of Yuri Melis, who was convicted in the January 13 case of illegal monetary compensation. , to change your detention to a minor detention. measure or facilitate the arrest of J. Melis.
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