POLITICS● ELEVATED1h ago · Oct 7, 2026, 11:34 AM
A Russian man swam to Lithuania to seek asylum. He was sent back to Russia, where he was sentenced to six years in prison.
Meduza [en] · baltic theater
The Baltic Fleet Military Court sentenced Igor Odintsov, a 68-year-old Russian national, to six years in prison. In September, Odintsov swam from Russia’s Kaliningrad region to Lithuania along the Neman River and requested political asylum, but Lithuanian border guards sent him back to Russia.
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