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At the last court hearing, A. Paleckis’ defense lawyer asked the State Security Department (SSD) to answer whether there were obligations between this intelligence institution and Deimantas Bertauskas, a Vilnius businessman accused in the case along with the former politician.
Defenders of A. Paleckis wanted to know what obligations it could be and wanted audio recordings of D. Bertauskas’s intelligence survey. The court ordered the prosecutor to make such a request.
The court’s representative, Vytautas Jončas, informed BNS that the SSD had submitted its response, which would be evaluated at a hearing on Tuesday. It is not yet known if the explorers accepted the request and provided the information.
A. Paleckis himself told BNS that the SSD had refused to provide the requested information and that one full interview and part of the other with D. Bertauskas remained confidential.
In the case, A. Paleckis and D. Bertauskas are accused of spying for the benefit of another state by acting in an organized group. The former politician denies and pleads guilty after conducting a journalistic investigation. D. Bertauskas admits guilt.
The case was designated to be heard in Šiauliai by the Lithuanian Court of Appeal when the Vilnius Regional Court withdrew.
According to the General Prosecutor’s Office, from February 2017 to October 2018, the defendants, acting in an organized group with a Russian intelligence officer and other unidentified Russian citizens during the preliminary investigation, one of whom was found guilty by the court of the case of January 13, 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 could provide the Lithuanian police authorities with false information about the health condition of Jurijus Melis, who was convicted in the case of January 13, for monetary compensation. illegal – in to change his arrest or otherwise facilitate the arrest of J. Melis.
In early January, the court extended the preventive detention measure imposed on both A. Paleckis and D. Bertauskas – intensive supervision – for another three months.
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