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Lithuanian Intelligence Wants Penalties for Disinformation, Sabotage
- Remigijus Bridikis, director of Lithuania's State Security Department, urged revisiting criminal penalties for subversive activities in May 2025.
- This call follows a proposal first introduced by former director Darius Jauniakis in 2016 to criminalize actions like disinformation and sabotage.
- Lithuanian and Western agencies have noted an increase in Russian sabotage, and police are investigating suspected aid to foreign states undermining Lithuania.
- Bridikis highlighted the pressing necessity to reassess existing laws in order to effectively respond to increasingly sophisticated threats.
- Reevaluating laws could strengthen Lithuania's defense against hostile actions targeting national sovereignty and democratic values.
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Lithuanian intelligence wants penalties for disinformation, sabotage
Remigijus Bridikis, director of the State Security Department (VSD), has called on politicians to return to a proposal first floated by Lithuanian intelligence nearly a decade ago to criminalise subversive activity.
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