Lithuania in brief

  • 2003-11-06
Algimantas Songaila, director of the State Border Guard Service, told reporters that his relations with alleged Russian mafia boss Anzor Kikalishvili were unrelated to his post. Songaila told reporters that his visits to Kikalishvili's Vilnius apartment this spring consisted merely of informal conversations while "drinking coffee with brandy."In an interview with the daily newspaper Respublika, Defense Minister Linas Linkevicius said he feared that "political games" would tarnish the country's image. Linkevicius also said that the leakage of confidential information to the press could harm ...
 
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