The court in Lithuania condemned an 83-year-old man for espionage in favor of the Russian Federation

< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/3D/23/IB-FRKVIO3VT_A9AA9340.jpg" Alt = "The court in Lithuania condemned an 83-year-old man for espionage in favor of the Russian Federation"/> ~ ~ ~ < P > In Lithuania, the court condemned 83-year-old Edwardas Manovas to eight and a half years in prison for espionage in favor of Russian special services.

< p > reports “European Truth” with reference to LRT.

< p > Manovas, which has both Lithuanian and Russian citizenship, was convicted of the Siauliasky Regional Court after partially pleaded guilty.

~ < P > he acknowledged that he had sent non -classified information, although he claimed that it was not intended for special services agents.

< p >< Br /> his lawyer demanded an excuse, referring to the lack of evidence that hostile special services were transferred to secret materials. < /p > < P > However, the prosecutor of Redas Savitskas argued that sufficient evidence was collected and demanded a nine -year prison imprisonment.

< p > Manovas was arrested in January 2024 but not reported by the end of the year.

< p > exposure caused controversy, since Manovas has long been a member of the Conservative Party “Union of Fatherland & ndash; Lithuanian Christian Democrats” (TS-LKD) and was part of the Council of the Local Branch of the Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deported. < p > in December last year it was expelled from the conservative ranks.

< P > According to law enforcement officers, Manovas has worked for Russian military intelligence of the game since 2018, collecting non