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“Let’s not waste time with accusations yet. First of all, an inspection must be carried out as it really was. The General Prosecutor’s Office has given such an order to customs. I can only say this – if “Vičiūnai” had left Russia earlier, more decisively, there simply wouldn’t have been such accusations or problems,” G. Nausėda told reporters on Wednesday.
However, when asked if he sees grounds for one of the company’s shareholders, Visvaldas Matijošaitis, to withdraw from the position of Kaunas mayor, G. Nausėda did not directly answer.
“Vičiūnai” tried to sell their assets, their property on the territory of Russia, but they failed for understandable reasons. Knowing the situation of the company, the Russian Federation really created such conditions that, as I understand it, they wanted to almost nationalize the company. But, it is clear that this delay was too long”, said the president.
Therefore, G. Nausėda urged to wait for the results of the pre-trial investigation.
“Now let’s wait for the results of this investigation. If the investigation is unfavorable to the mayor, of course, the mayor will have to draw his own conclusions”, emphasized the head of the country.
ELTA reminds that the Klaipėda District Prosecutor’s Office commissioned the officers of the territorial department of the Customs Criminal Service to conduct an investigation into the possible violation of international sanctions by the “Vičiūnai” group company “Plungės kooperatinė prekyba”.
On Tuesday, the news portal lrt.lt published an investigation that revealed that “Plungės kooperatinė prekyba” belonging to the “Vičiūnai” group transported goods included in the sanctions to Sovetska at least 11 times.
It is reported that products and technologies classified as high-priority battlefield goods were transported from Lithuania to Kaliningrad.
“Vičiūnai” admitted that it transported such goods to Russia, but claims that it did not know about the sanctions.
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