The prosecutor’s office of Belarus checks information on the involvement of the former President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus to the Collaborationist Battalion “The Army Defense of the Fatherland”, which conducted ethnic cleansing in the territory of the USSR in 1944. This is reported by “Sputnik Belarus.”
According to Minsk, after the liberation of the Belarusian and Lithuanian territory from the German troops, “part of the punitive divisions of Lithuania disappeared in Germany, which was in the area of the US and Great Britain’s responsibility, and then in 1949 – in the United States to avoid responsibility for the perfect Crimes. “
As noted by the state crimination, Antanas Impulavicus, who received the nickname “Minsk Butcher”, was also fled, and his entrvenker Voldemaras Adamkavius. Then, according to the investigation, “Adamkavičius changed the name on Valdas Adamkus” and, returning to Lithuania in the 90s, was elected to the president of the republic.
In this regard, Minsk sent a request to the law enforcement agencies to interrogate the former president, so that he could confirm or disprove the prosecuted nominated. The reactions of Lithuanian power structures on the offer has not yet followed.
In April, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Belarus opened a criminal case on the genocide of the republic in the years of the Great Patriotic War. The authorities substantiated this “strengthening the constitutional system and national security.” The results of the investigation promised to include the basis of ideological educational and information work.
Earlier, President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said that young people are weakly understanding in the history of their people, and suggested more often to remind her of genocide during the Great Patriotic War. He argued that many Belarusians forgot about massacre and ethnic cleansing during occupation times. The politician has also repeatedly accused of rehabilitation of the Nazism of Belarusian protesters. In his opinion, under the white-red and white flag, which is used by the opposition, collaborates fought.