Event 174

{
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Evidence is directly from a reputable Lithuanian news source, with explicit citation of government statements and official rationale for the citizenship revocation.",
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has stripped Russian ballet dancer Ilze Liepa of Lithuanian citizenship that had been granted by way of exception, following recommendations by the Citizenship Commission due to perceived support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine and ties to Russian media.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-07T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "President Gitanas Nausėda has stripped Ilze Liepa, a Russian ballet dancer, and Yuri Kudimov, a businessman and former KGB employee, of their Lithuanian citizenship granted by way of exception.",
    "The Citizenship Commission recommended last month that Nausėda strip both individuals of their Lithuanian citizenship.",
    "The initiative to strip Liepa, who held both Lithuanian and Russian passports, of her Lithuanian citizenship came after the ballet dancer’s interview with Russian media in which she condemned the Baltic states for their behaviour and expressed her support for President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "President Gitanas Nausėda has stripped Ilze Liepa, a Russian ballet dancer, and Yuri Kudimov, a businessman and former KGB employee, of their Lithuanian citizenship granted by way of exception.",
    "The Citizenship Commission recommended last month that Nausėda strip both individuals of their Lithuanian citizenship.",
    "The initiative to strip Liepa, who held both Lithuanian and Russian passports, of her Lithuanian citizenship came after the ballet dancer’s interview with Russian media in which she condemned the Baltic states for their behaviour and expressed her support for President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "President Gitanas Nausėda has stripped Ilze Liepa, a Russian ballet dancer, and Yuri Kudimov, a businessman and former KGB employee, of their Lithuanian citizenship granted by way of exception.",
            "The Citizenship Commission recommended last month that Nausėda strip both individuals of their Lithuanian citizenship.",
            "The initiative to strip Liepa, who held both Lithuanian and Russian passports, of her Lithuanian citizenship came after the ballet dancer’s interview with Russian media in which she condemned the Baltic states for their behaviour and expressed her support for President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "LT"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "5th Column Russian ballet dancer Ilze Liepa and and Yuri Kudimov, a businessman and former KGB employee, stripped of ??Lithuanian citizenship.",
  "headline": "Russian ballet dancer Ilze Liepa stripped of Lithuanian citizenship",
  "location_text": "Lithuania",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_174_1763918539_b4f3f874.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "5th Column Russian ballet dancer Ilze Liepa and and Yuri Kudimov, a businessman and former KGB employee, stripped of Lithuanian citizenship.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2216731/russian-ballet-dancer-ilze-liepa-stripped-of-lithuanian-citizenship"
  ],
  "summary_short": "President Nausėda revoked Ilze Liepa's Lithuanian citizenship due to her support for Russia's war in Ukraine and public condemnation of Baltic states.",
  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2216731/russian-ballet-dancer-ilze-liepa-stripped-of-lithuanian-citizenship"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "LT",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LT",
  "Date": "7-Mar-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2216731/russian-ballet-dancer-ilze-liepa-stripped-of-lithuanian-citizenship",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "5th Column Russian ballet dancer Ilze Liepa and and Yuri Kudimov, a businessman and former KGB employee, stripped of ??Lithuanian citizenship.",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "5th Column Russian ballet dancer Ilze Liepa and and Yuri Kudimov, a businessman and former KGB employee, stripped of Lithuanian citizenship.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}