VILNIUSLithuanian prosecutors have called off the extradition of Igor Gorbans, a former member of the Soviet militia OMON, to Latvia amid doubts of Lithuanian politicians about the neighboring country's ultimate intentions. "The handover has been postponed for investigative reasons. A [final] decision is to be made on June 20," Vidmantas Putelis, spokesman for the Prosecutor General's Office, said on June 10. Lithuanian leaders and the opposition have expressed doubts and indignation at the recent decision to hand Gorbans to Latvia after the only survivor of the 1991 Medininkai border killi...
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