On March 27, 2019, the Vilnius Regional Court sentenced 67 former Soviet military officers, including former Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov, for committing crimes against humanity for their roles in the January 1991 the clampdown on the country’s independence drive. During the Soviet action 14 people lost their lives.
Polygraph: Moscow lashes out at Lithuanian criminal convictions of Soviet officers
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) shake hands with former Soviet Defense Minister, Marshal Dmitry Yazov, during celebrations fo Yazov's 90th birthday in Moscow on Nov. 8, 2014.
