The Clock Stopped at 4:45: The Medininkai Massacre in the Shadow of the World's Powerful

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The world's attention was focused on Moscow that day. On July 30-31, 1991, 3,000 journalists gathered there, awaiting one of the most important signs of the end of the Cold War: the signing of a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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The Medininkai border post was opened on January 21, 1991, just a few weeks after the bloody January events, and riot police were attacked quite regularly. Uninvited guests were here in January, March, April, and May. During such visits, posts were set on fire, bombed, employees were beaten, and inventory was looted. At first, the newly opened border posts did not have any means of communication or telephones, so customs officers worked in extre…