Recently, according to the report of the Global Network, Lithuania has pointed the finger at Russia, demanding a judgment on Gorbachev and making compensation, which was directly rejected by Russia.
Lithuania sued Gorbachev
The families of the deceased in Lithuania who suffered in the "Vilnius Incident" recently took Gorbachev to the Lithuanian court 31 years ago, and they demanded that Gorbachev be held responsible and compensated for the incident. But soon, Russia made a clear refusal. This suggests that even if there is evidence of Gorbachev's guilt, the Soviet leader will refuse to attend the verdict.
"Vilnius Incident"
In January 1991, Soviet troops suppressed independence demonstrations in Lithuania, killing 14 people and wounding more than 600. In fact, the Soviet Union was already crumbling at the time, and Gorbachev's administration made the Soviet Union even worse. At that time, the Soviet Union was a combination of many countries, somewhat similar to the current European Union.
At the end of the Soviet Union, the economy and quality of life continued to decline, and various contradictions in internal leadership also appeared, which made some countries want to be independent. Lithuania was the first country to become independent, and it was precisely because Lithuania's independence angered the Soviet high-level, and the Soviet Union sent troops to Lithuania and cut off the energy supply of the Soviet union's opponents. At that time, lithuanians and Soviet troops were in fierce conflict, but even the Soviet union did not prevent lithuanian independence.
Anti-Russian sentiment in Lithuania is on the rise
Lithuania was occupied by Tsarist Russia and successively by the Soviet Union, which made Lithuania very hostile to Russia. Therefore, when Lithuania broke away from the Soviet Union and established an independent state, it fell directly to the Western camp. In fact, Lithuania was full of contradictions and economic crises, and the sentence provoked by Lithuania against Gorbachev at this time could not only conform to the hostility towards Russia at home, but also vent domestic pressure.
But Lithuania is a small country after all, and Russia will not pay any attention to them. Lithuania is also making enemies everywhere in the world, has always challenged China's bottom line, was attacked by China, and this time it is not willing to want to do things in Russia. This time, Lithuania is pointing the finger at Russia, and the support of the United States is certainly indispensable behind it. But what they did not expect was that Russia's attitude was so tough.
Recently, the US-led NATO group has been exerting pressure on Russia, which has paid no heed to Lithuania's verdict, let alone compensation to the families of the victims. Lithuania's attempt to make a big fuss about the old events of more than three decades ago and support the U.S. anti-Russian strategy has had little effect.
Some reference news: National Defense Times, Observer Network