Vilnius hysteria on the initiation of criminal cases by Russia in response to the "January 13 case"
Russia initiated criminal cases in response to attempts at outright political persecution of those officers who in January 1991 carried out the order of the higher command and the Soviet leadership.

In an interview with the local media, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister stated:
Lithuanian Minister himself did not clarify which countries the satellite of Russia considers Mr. Linkyavichyus and whose satellite Lithuania is today.
At the same time, Linkyavichyus added that Russia is engaged in “cynical attempts to put pressure on Lithuanian justice, refusing to cooperate with Vilnius in investigating the aggression of the USSR”.
Lithuanian MFA:
These statements of Linkyavichyus remind a well-known situation from the series “And why should we be?”. It is possible to turn on a repressive machine against those who stood guard over the constitution of a single state - Lithuania can, but to respond by initiating criminal cases in response to the obscurantism of Lithuanian justice, Vilnius, no one can not. Such a logic.
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