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As Donatas Dauginis, Deputy Judge in the Nijolė Matuzevičienė case, informed BNS, A. Paleckis was allowed to return home later and leave earlier, the other conditions of the preventive measure remained unchanged.
“The judge relaxed the intensive care conditions for A. Paleckis, but only that part. Before I had to be home from 5 in the afternoon to 7 in the morning, now the condition has changed from having to be home from 9 at night to 6 in the morning, “said the assistant judge.
The former politician remains obliged not to leave the city of Vilnius, except in cases related to participation in court.
Mr. Paleckis requested a relaxation of his intensive supervision at Tuesday’s hearing. He asked the court to extend the hours he is allowed to be away from home because he intends to resume work and needs more time to travel to work.
In a criminal case pending before the Šiauliai Regional Court, A. Paleckis and businessman Deimantas Bertauskas are accused of spying for the benefit of another state while operating in an organized group. The former politician denies and claims his guilt after conducting 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 considerations. .
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 about the officers and judges who were investigating on January 13, as well as information about 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 could provide the Lithuanian police authorities with false information about the health status of Yuri Melis, who was convicted in the case of January 13, for monetary compensation. illegal, to change his detention for a minor preventive detention. Measure or otherwise facilitate the detention of Mr. Mel.
The next hearing in the case is scheduled for September 15.
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