{"id":17895,"date":"2026-06-02T08:11:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=17895"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:26:30","slug":"russia-protests-lithuanias-plan-to-dismantle-soviet-soldiers-burial-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=17895","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Russia Protests Lithuania\u2019s Plan to Dismantle Soviet Soldiers\u2019 Burial Site<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. Russia has strongly protested Lithuania\u2019s plan to dismantle a burial site of Soviet soldiers and officers in Vievis.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Lithuania\u2019s Charg\u00e9e d\u2019Affaires ad interim Jolanta Tubaite was summoned to the ministry on June 1, where Russia lodged a strong protest against the latest plan by Lithuanian authorities. Russia said the plan to remove the burial site of Soviet soldiers and officers who died in battles to liberate Lithuania from the Nazis is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian side also recalled that it had earlier, on April 30, lodged a protest over similar actions against a burial site in central Siauliai, Lithuania. Despite that, Russia said the campaign to dishonor the remains and memorial sites of fallen soldiers in Lithuania has continued to intensify.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the destruction, damage or desecration of military burial sites is a serious matter. According to the ministry, such acts, including those committed against military graves located abroad, are considered criminal offenses under the laws of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Russia said that the individuals personally responsible for such actions are well known in Moscow. The ministry urged Lithuania to respect history, the memory of soldiers who died in war and international moral obligations.<\/p>\n<p>Memorials and burial sites of Soviet soldiers who fought against Nazi Germany during the Second World War exist in various Eastern European countries. In recent years, however, disputes have grown in some Baltic and Eastern European countries over the removal or relocation of such monuments and burial sites.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has described such steps as an insult to history and an attack on the memory of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the fight against fascism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=17895\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. Russia has strongly protested Lithuania\u2019s plan to dismantle a burial site of Soviet soldiers and officers in Vievis. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Lithuania\u2019s Charg\u00e9e d\u2019Affaires ad interim Jolanta Tubaite was summoned to the ministry on June 1, where Russia lodged a strong protest against the latest plan by Lithuanian authorities. Russia said &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia Protests Lithuania\u2019s Plan to Dismantle Soviet Soldiers\u2019 Burial Site - Dragon Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=17895\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia Protests Lithuania\u2019s Plan to Dismantle Soviet Soldiers\u2019 Burial Site - Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kathmandu. 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