In the early hours of January 13, 1991, hundreds of Lithuanians headed to the TV tower in Vilnius, where they would make a stand against Soviet troops deployed to crush the Baltic state's bid to ...

A Lithuanian court has convicted a former Soviet military chief and a senior KGB officer of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during Moscow's 1991 crackdown on the country’s ...

The troops in their tanks and armoured cars gave no warning. I followed their column of about 16 vehicles as they roared up to the television transmitting tower soon after half past one in the morning ...

“Lithuania was not independent, it was not recognized by the international community, and accordingly the actions of the Soviet Special Forces and the army to end the unrest were legitimate.” Legal ...

President Mikhail Gorbachev said Monday that local garrison commanders, and not the Kremlin, unleashed military force in Lithuania. He did not condemn the army assault, which killed 14 people, but ...

MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. The Russian State Duma lower house of parliament passed a statement on Wednesday over the case into the January 1991 events in Vilnius examined by the Lithuanian court, ...

A few years ago, Kornelija Maceviciene ruled against Soviet officers for a brutal crackdown on pro-independence protesters in her country in 1991. That has made her a target for a Russian court. By ...

The defendant must be informed about the case and submit their comments. Last week, the Vilnius district court sent documents to the Russian Foreign Ministry in a civil lawsuit in the case of the ...

Lithuania came to a standstill to remember those who died when Soviet troops tried to take over the national broadcaster as people marked Freedom Day. Lithuanians on Wednesday marked 30 years since a ...

FILE PHOTO: A Group of Lithuanians block a Russian tank outside of Press House in Vilnius two days prior to attack by Russian forces on the TV tower during which 14 people died, January 1991.

On January 13, 1991, Lithuanian protesters formed a human shield to protect a radio and television center from Soviet forces in the capital Vilnius. What do Lithuanians today think of the bloodshed ...

VILNIUS, October 17. /TASS/. The Vilnius District Court intends to summon last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, as a witness in the January 1991 events in the Lithuanian capital that ...