{"id":183786,"date":"2026-04-15T17:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183786\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:09:18","slug":"lithuania-sentences-couple-to-prison-for-allegedly-spying-for-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183786\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania sentences couple to prison for allegedly spying for Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 15, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A court in Klaip\u0117da has sentenced a Lithuanian couple to seven and six years and six months in prison for allegedly spying for Belarus, <em>Delfi<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arturas Urbelis, deputy prosecutor general, said the couple gathered intelligence on Lithuanian armed and security forces and Belarusian opposition activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the case file, Mindaugas Janutis and Tatyana Belyatskaya were recruited by Belarus\u2019 secret service during their trip to Minsk in May 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this spring, Belarus sentenced Miroslavas Trockis, a Lithuanian national, to 15 years in prison on spying charges, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center. Trockis was arrested in Belarus in the fall of 2024, while visiting his relatives. \u00a0<\/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\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752.jpg 900w\" 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\">Vilnius confirms imprisonment of Lithuanian man in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 1, Pozirk. 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 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/181891\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 15, Pozirk. A court in Klaip\u0117da has sentenced a Lithuanian couple to seven and six years and six months in prison for allegedly spying for Belarus, Delfi reported. Arturas Urbelis, deputy prosecutor general, said the couple gathered intelligence on Lithuanian armed and security forces and Belarusian opposition activists. According to the case file, Mindaugas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":59156,"template":"","rubric":[16,30,15],"class_list":["post-183786","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania sentences couple to prison for allegedly spying for Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 15, Pozirk. 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