In September, 68-year-old Russian citizen Igor Odintsov sailed across the Neman River from the Kaliningrad region to Lithuania, but was handed over to Russian border officials five hours later. Later in Russia, he was sentenced to six years in prison for publications condemning the war in Ukraine. While in a pre-trial detention facility, I. Odintsov told a former journalist for the publication "Mediazona" that he had tried to apply for political asylum in Lithuania, but, in his words,…
Source: LRT
