{"id":181891,"date":"2026-04-01T17:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181891\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:09:13","slug":"vilnius-confirms-imprisonment-of-lithuanian-man-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181891\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilnius confirms imprisonment of Lithuanian man in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Vilnius has confirmed reports that Miroslavas Trockis, a Lithuanian man, was given 15 years in prison in Belarus on spying charges, <em>LRT<\/em> reported. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Lithuanian embassy in Minsk was notified of his detention, the consul visited the man, and we have been in touch with his relatives,\u201d the foreign ministry said in its message to <em>Elta<\/em>, noting that it could not disclose any more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dissidentby reported yesterday that Trockis, 35, had been convicted of espionage and intelligence activity. It said that Trockis was arrested while visiting his parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on his Facebook posts, Trockis visited Belarus quite often: he had a wife or a girlfriend and some relatives there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: new sentence in Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case in Homiel<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 1, Pozirk. 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Vilnius has confirmed reports that Miroslavas Trockis, a Lithuanian man, was given 15 years in prison in Belarus on spying charges, LRT reported. \u00a0 \u201cThe Lithuanian embassy in Minsk was notified of his detention, the consul visited the man, and we have been in touch with his relatives,\u201d the foreign ministry said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":126555,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-181891","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vilnius confirms imprisonment of Lithuanian man in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 1, Pozirk. 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