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In the complaint, the plaintiff requested the cancellation of the Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior in 2021. January 19 a decision that prohibits him from entering the Republic of Lithuania until 2026. January 18 and was included in the national list of foreigners who are prohibited from entering the Republic of Lithuania.
After examining the administrative case, the court determined that the Migration Department had taken the decision to prohibit the entry of a foreigner to the Republic of Lithuania taking into account the information provided by the competent authority, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that the foreigner posed a threat. to state security.
In a letter to the Migration Department, the Foreign Ministry stated that F. Kirkorov is a popular artist and producer in the Russian Federation, influencing various sectors of society in the Russian Federation and other countries of the former USSR. due to his active concert. and organizational activities identified as a tool for the diffusion of “soft power” in the Russian Federation. Mr. Kirkorov regularly visits and acts in the Crimean peninsula illegally annexed from the Russian Federation, thereby deliberately denying the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and indirectly justifying the aggressive actions of the Russian Federation. For these actions, he is included in the list of undesirable people in Ukraine who are prohibited from visiting this country. In the opinion of the Ministry, F. Kirkorov’s visit to Lithuania may represent a threat to the security of the Republic of Lithuania.
The Court, taking into account the 2017 resolution of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania March 16 and after evaluating the information provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concluded that the Migration Department had reason to believe that the nature of the actions of the plaintiff were grounds for posing a threat to his safety. There is no evidence in the record that refutes the legality of such an assessment.
The Court further noted that the plaintiff’s claim that the sanction imposed on him was disproportionate and discriminatory lacked a legal basis.
This decision can be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania within 14 days.
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