Event 392

{
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Official source (LRT), explicit mention of completed revocation action and legal process, dates and statistics provided, statement from Police Department.",
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2282822/lithuania-revokes-all-weapon-permits-issued-to-russian-belarusian-citizens"
    ],
    "title": "??Lithuania revokes all weapon permits from ??Russian, ??Belarusian citizens"
  },
  "description": "Lithuania has revoked all weapon permits previously issued to Russian and Belarusian citizens residing in the country, following legal amendments aimed at curbing potential security risks and subversive activities. The move concludes a process that required affected individuals to surrender or sell their weapons by April 1, 2024.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-05-28T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Headline and summary on LRT.lt: Lithuania revokes all weapon permits issued to Russian, Belarusian citizens",
    "Police Department statistics on permits (294 Russian, 46 Belarusian) and enforcement process described in article body",
    "Description of legal amendments and surrender/sale procedures, including quote from the Police Department and legislation initiators"
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Following the parliament’s decision a year and a half ago to ban Russian and Belarusian citizens living in Lithuania from possessing weapons, all permits issued to them have been revoked.",
    "According to the Police Department, 294 Russian and 46 Belarusian citizens held permits to keep or carry weapons at the end of 2022 when the amendment was adopted. All of these permits have since been revoked.",
    "There are two individuals whose weapons have not yet been taken. They have been contacted but are not currently in Lithuania. The weapons will be taken upon their return to Lithuania.",
    "At the beginning of the year, all persons were informed in writing about the possibility to voluntarily sell their weapons or hand them over to the police by April 1.",
    "The ban on possessing weapons for Russian and Belarusian citizens residing permanently in Lithuania was initiated by Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas, the then-chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Headline and summary on LRT.lt: Lithuania revokes all weapon permits issued to Russian, Belarusian citizens",
            "Police Department statistics on permits (294 Russian, 46 Belarusian) and enforcement process described in article body",
            "Description of legal amendments and surrender/sale procedures, including quote from the Police Department and legislation initiators"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "LT"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Lithuania revokes all weapon permits issued to Russian, Belarusian citizens",
  "location_text": "Lithuania",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_392_1763925590_ded9e099.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Lithuania revokes all weapon permits from ??Russian, ??Belarusian citizens",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2282822/lithuania-revokes-all-weapon-permits-issued-to-russian-belarusian-citizens"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Lithuania has revoked all gun permits for Russian and Belarusian nationals living in the country, aiming to reduce risks of subversive groups.",
  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2282822/lithuania-revokes-all-weapon-permits-issued-to-russian-belarusian-citizens"
}

{
  "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": "28-May-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Lithuania revokes all weapon permits from ??Russian, ??Belarusian citizens",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2282822/lithuania-revokes-all-weapon-permits-issued-to-russian-belarusian-citizens",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Lithuania revokes all weapon permits from ??Russian, ??Belarusian citizens",
  "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)": ""
}