Lithuania GRU murder plot — extradition, trial, identifying who ordered it

The Lithuanian case charging 13 people over a GRU plot to murder Ruslan Gabbasov and Valdas Bartkevičius. We are tracking the Greek Supreme Court ruling on extraditing the middleman from Thessaloniki, the trial in Lithuania and whether those who ordered it in Russia can be identified.

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Litva obvinila 13 ľudí z ôsmich krajín z plánu GRU na dve vraždy. Operáciu prezradil AirTag pod kapotou

Litovská prokuratúra obvinila trinásť ľudí z prípravy dvojnásobnej vraždy na objednávku ruskej GRU. Terčmi boli baškirský exulant Ruslan Gabbasov a…

27.4.2026

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The Greek Supreme Court's verdict on extraditing the 55-year-old middleman from Thessaloniki
The start of the trial of nine defendants in Lithuania (murder with terrorist intent, life imprisonment)
Identifying who ordered it at the GRU in Russia — so far only the executing links in the chain are charged
The response of other targeted communities — Bashkirs, Tatars and Buryats in the Baltics, Poland and Germany
The NATO and EU response — whether an attempted murder on a member state's territory pushes them beyond sanctions and expulsions

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