Event 1096

processed admin_quick Updated 2025-11-29T08:22:35.263953+00:00
Status: processed Confidence: Category: Country: Attack Type: Where: Source: admin_quick URL: https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2/2600993/prokurorui-abejoniu-nekyla-vanago-paminkla-isniekine-3-talino-gyventojai-dirbo-rusijai 🔗 Archive: Archive failed (1 attempt)
🕐 Event Time: 2025-07-02T08:21:00Z
Created: 2025-11-29T08:17:06.766154+00:00
✏️ Updated: 2025-11-29T08:22:35.263953+00:00
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Summary

Short Summary: Three Tallinn residents paid by Russian services desecrated Lithuanian partisan leader Vanagas’s monument in Merkinė, per prosecutor's investigation.

Extended Summary: In a concluded pre-trial investigation, the Lithuanian prosecutor's office stated that the vandalism of the Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas monument in Merkinė last year was a deliberate act orchestrated by Russian intelligence. The investigation found that three individuals from Tallinn were financially incentivized to desecrate the monument. Prosecutor Rimas Bradūnas emphasized that the act was meticulously planned, involving surveillance and target identification before the monument was defaced. The case highlights ongoing hostile influence operations targeting Lithuanian national symbols and historical figures, reflecting a broader pattern of malign hybrid interference by Russian services in the Baltic region.

Description and Notes

The Kaunas district prosecutor's office completed a pre-trial investigation regarding the desecration of the monument to Lithuanian partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas in Merkinė in 2024. Lithuanian law enforcement is confident that the act was orchestrated by Russian intelligence services who paid three residents of Tallinn to carry out the vandalism. Prosecutor Rimas Bradūnas confirmed the attack was a planned operation involving prior reconnaissance, surveillance, and target selection.

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Location

Location: Merkinė, Varėnos rajonas

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