soviet troops by an opposition party leader could now be tried for his claims it was orchestrated by lithuanians peed all over has the story. oh. january one thousand nine hundred ninety one fourteen protest is dying out the clashes with saudi troops the incident sparked international support for the demonstrators cause an independent state of lithuania however one local politician now faces a possible jail sentence to disagree with the bishop question of the events this polanski this is a member of the vilna city council and says soviet soldiers were responsible basing my opinion on the witnesses and on the book which was published by the former head of parliamentary the national security committee chair so he wrote in his book and nobody denied that but from this style were representatives of libyan and all for a case where shooting down into the crowd. and other businesses for i know who lived in that area and still live pointed to valve's houses here on the roofs off which houses better people for their shooting and they sold them. for a ship unions on historical events are nothing unusual s

the lithuanian penal code provides for criminal responsibility for the public denial of genocide crimes against humanity or war crimes people who belittle these crimes or mock victims should be held responsible the nine hundred ninety one aggression against lithuania and its citizens falls under the definition of a war crime. as an elected official miss the player is a mune from prosecution however he has waived this right and is prepared to stand trial local historians question plates cases sources and back the official version of events. on the one hand there were civilians who wanted self-determination on the other hand there was military might in my assessment the events of january nine hundred ninety one were an attempt to solve a problem with the use of force it claimed innocent lives. but should questioning history bring with it a criminal investigation. i don't think that this is a reason for a person to be prosecuted it's his personal opinion the authorities have overreacted but it's up to the lawyers to decide it's a provocation but it's based on certain logic lithuanian north

always see chairman sees little hope mr bush angle can be talked into changing his mind but the lithuanian foreign minister drawn a sociable is optimistic about the fact economic sanctions can have a mains and he's also optimistic about the frozen conflict in trans am hoping something finally change for the better. minister welcome to the show thank you very much we'll spotlight my pleasure well. has assumed the chairmanship of the sea and one of the burning issues is the situation in neighboring neighboring to lithuania also of course to russia where the authorities have shut down the sea office what is your reaction to how we are going to act i doing to try to reopen the office of course it's our intention to the person. to reopen but we would like to. in this case the office would keep the same meaning for us but it will be this some content not just the creation but to be very frank i do not have very much hope despite of all countries including russia united states. minsk to close various office what next. step is just. to be present especially now and i think some trials are coming j

the garden the kind of one and so forth what's their fresh look at those problems let's ask the lithuanian foreign ministry. the oversea office and della reese accused the country's leader alexander lukashenko fall played during the recent presidential elections that cost the office its license and the always see chairman sees little hope mr bush angle can be talked into changing his mind but the lithuanian foreign minister had drawn a sociable is optimistic about the fact economic sanctions can have a mains and his also optimistic about the frozen conflict in transit. hoping something can finally change for the better. tony minister welcome to the show thank you very much bill a spotlight my pleasure well. has assumed the chairmanship of the l.s.e. and one of the burning issues is. the situation in neighboring neighboring to the twenty or so of course to russia where the authorities have shut down the sea office what is your reaction to how we are going to act i doing to try to reopen the of course it's our intention to pursue you for it is. to reopen but we would like to. in this case th

others merely conspiracy theories what's different is that mr polanski is his argument that it was lithuanian government that were responsible could land him in jail i am facing a charge of. up to two years in prison i mean i i may receive a fine for up to two years in prison i think this is absent from term in terms of human rights and freedom of opinion absurd or not it's the law in the few ania that course as well because boards are part the lithuanian penal code provides for criminal responsibility for the public denial of genocide crimes against humanity or war crime rules people who believe so these crimes are more victims should be held responsible as the nine hundred ninety one aggression against lithuania and its citizens falls under the definition of a war crime. as an elected official mr polanski is a mune from prosecution however he has waived this right and is prepared to stand trial local historians question plates cases sources and back the official version of events for the most part i mean we're. on the one hand there were civilians who wanted self-determination on the other

of opinion absurd or not it's the law the way knew that was possible because both of our party lithuanian penal code provides for criminal responsibility for the public will have genocide crimes against humanity or work around it was people who believe so these crimes are more victims should be held responsible was in one thousand nine hundred gratian against its citizens falls under the definition of a war crime if you can get those as an elected official mr plaits case is a mune from prosecution however he has waived this right and he's prepared to stand trial local historians question plaits case his sources and back the official version of events from my start i mean we knew. on the one hand there were civilians who wanted self-determination on the other hand it was a military man in my assessment of events who genuinely nine hundred ninety one were an attempt to salvage the use of force claimed innocent lives. but should questioning history bring with it a criminal investigation. i don't think that this is a reason for a person to be prosecuted it's his personal opinion your thirty's

the libyan oil for its use where should you go into withdrawal revisiting history is putting a lithuanian politician under the threat of imprisonment the government accuses him of genocide did not help. the unique mission replicating a return trip to mars reached an important milestone this week friday marked the middle of the eighteenth month long virtual journey when two crew members carried out a second walk on a mock martian surface the three russians two europeans and i chinese volunteer who were taking part in mars five hundred simulated landing on the red planet last week they've already spent eight months in a set of windows to their only outside contact are delayed conversations with mission control and e-mails to their family scientists are studying the flight a logical of fact a long deep space voyage the third virtual walks that happened on tuesday and it's a nine month journey home when a pushout from the european space agency explains what they hope to learn. if we have to assume no it's this is. from russia and. china doing their second most walk and you see a similar to th

lithuanian politician faces trial for questioning the official version of violence surrounding his country's path to independence he claims soviet troops were not responsible for killing demonstrators during clashes twenty years ago but his opinion has landed him in deep water or he's peter all over takes a look. january nine hundred ninety one fourteen protesters dying after clashes with saudi troops the incident sparked international support for the demonstrators cause an independent state of bill if you win you however one local politician now faces a possible jail sentence that disagree with the fish occasion of the events this polanski this is a member of the vilna city council and says soviet soldiers were responsible. basing my opinion on the witness list and on the book which was published by the former head of parliamentary national security committee chair so he wrote in his book and nobody denied that but from this tower representatives of liftin and all for a case where shooting down into the crowd. and other businesses where i know who lived in that area and still live pointed t

overreacted but it's up to the lawyers to decide it's a provocation but it's based on certain logic lithuanian authorities did make attempts to provoke the savior flora tease and compel them to start solving the lithuanian issue. should he be found guilty by the code. it is needed lithuania and gladys polanski's says he will appeal to the european court of human rights an appeal he's convinced would be carried out from a jail cell history may not agree with the opinion of mr polanski when it comes to the events of january one thousand nine hundred however those same historians are unsure whether it's the role of the legal system to determine who can say what about the circumstances of the deaths of fourteen people here in vilnius peter all over r.t. lithuania. well coming up later in the program we bring you the story of. a mental institution in russia. right now. and i'm a fighter tarzan redhead coming up that's it has been for these political asylum in norway will return to russia to stand trial. but first some other international news in brief for you an iraqi defector who said saddam husse

the price of a personal opinion a lithuanian politician faces trial for claiming a local authorities rather than soviet troops were responsible for the deaths of protesters in vilnius some twenty years ago. explores how western media seems reluctant to abandon selling cold war stereotypes when it comes to depicting russia. also soaring of food prices of being seen as a major factor behind people taking to the streets of the middle east but could the world's richest countries be next. and the annual russian business week has kicked off in london r t is bringing you the latest as the forum maze unfolding in twenty minutes. just after one pm a bit of freedom of speech has broken out in lithuania as a local politician faces jail for his. deadly unrest in the country's capital twenty years ago and the official account is that fourteen protesters were killed in the shootings by soviet troops but an opposition party leader could now be tried for his claims that was orchestrated by lithuanians peter oliver has the story i january nine hundred ninety one fourteen protesters during the clashes

troops bought an opposition party leader could now be tried for his claims it was orchestrated by lithuanians peed all over as the story. nine hundred ninety one protest is done with something.

opposition party leader could now be tried for his claims that he was saying was orchestrated by lithuanians. reports. i. mean one thousand one fourteen protesters dying after clashes with soviet troops the incident sparked international support for the demonstrators cause an independent state of will if you waning however one local politician now faces a possible jail sentence that disagree with the official version of events. is a member of the build a city council and says soviet soldiers would responsible basing my opinion on the.

blond ambition, the lithuanians companies said -- that said that brunettes need not apply. in the past 24 hours, and egyptian authorities have partially reopened access to the internet. it has been partially shut down for the last five days after protesters used social networking sites to close down the demonstrations. >> supporters of mubarak have some -- started to use the internet to send their own videos. they are in support of the embattled president. they are hitting back at pro- reform demonstrators who dominated the social media. they are also posting and videos attacking opposition figures like khobar die. -- elbaradei . >> when the internet was back in egypt, there was an abnormal amount of comments supported mubarak. >> text messages were out supporting the government's mind. the government said that they were forced to send them out under egyptian emergency legislation. they protested to authorities that the current situation regarding these messages is unacceptable. we have made clear that all messages should be transparentñ and clearly attributable to the orig

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solar day and i decided to move to ireland today with them and to find a job there more and more lithuanians are falling victim to the baltic brain drain young people finish their studies at home and then look for a job in western europe where salaries are much higher however the global financial crisis and crippling recession in countries like ireland means that the move abroad doesn't always provide the opportunity to once did it's always so brazen but. it's now a days it's better to go to ireland and to find a job there even. as job then sitting just here and doing. this. is carrying out a census in march to determine the current population demographic preliminary government statistics for twenty ten show that last year alone an estimated eighty three thousand people left the country many in search of work elsewhere if you or anyone has one of the highest levels of immigration in the e.u. many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future employment beyond the borders of their native country and this is one of the reasons that the twenty eleven census that will tak

dot com here's a look at what you'll find there right now facing jail for speaking out the lithuanian politician is in trouble for his views on who's to blame for the deadly unrest in the country twenty years ago which don't match the official line. and why bieber wouldn't get bieber in the u.s. the teen pop sensation described american healthcare as evil says he's glad he's canadian the full story of the dot com. now some other news making international headlines a series of blasts have rocked a military base in tanzania killing at least seventeen people according to the country's prime minister it happened at a munitions depôt near the airport in the country's largest city doris here put reportedly closed as a result of the explosions which also wounded dozens police have set up an evacuation center for people living near the base a similar incident at another tanzania and ammunition facility in two thousand and nine killed three people. u.s. senate has voted to extend the controversial patriot act for ninety days giving lawmakers time to discuss its future the anti terror laws allo