A Russian national suspected of involvement in the January 1991 events in Vilnius will remain in detention until at least March of next year, a court in Lithuania ruled yesterday. Yuri Mel was arrested on the border between Lithuania and Kaliningrad in March of this year. Thirteen civilians were killed and hundreds injured when Soviet troops fired on crowds defending the TV tower and Parliament in the Lithuanian capital; 79 citizens of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus remains suspects in the case. baltictimes/russian_suspect_in_1991_massacre_will_remain_in_detention_in_lithuania/
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 09:17:37 +0000
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