Conservatives ask Russia to compensate for Jan. 13 victims
Jan 10, 2007
By Arturas Racas

Lithuanians risked their lives to defend Vilnius’ TV tower in 1991.
VILNIUS - Lithuanian relations with Russia could freeze over again if Parliament supports a resolution prepared by the opposition Conservative party that will ask Russia to compensate those killed and wounded in the events of Jan. 13, 1991.The draft resolution, registered in the legislature this week, states that the Soviet army’s attack in Vilnius on Jan. 13, 1991 – currently known as Freedom Defenders’ Day – was an “act of aggression against independent Lithuania and its people†an ...
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