{"id":187281,"date":"2026-05-13T10:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187281\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:45:03","slug":"state-run-tv-channel-kgb-accuse-lithuania-of-operating-intelligence-network-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187281\/","title":{"rendered":"State-run TV channel, KGB accuse Lithuania of operating intelligence network in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/trockis_ont.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/trockis_ont.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/trockis_ont-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/trockis_ont-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/trockis_ont-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/trockis_ont-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(ONT)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 13, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The state-run <em>ONT<\/em> TV channel aired a documentary yesterday, produced in collaboration with the Committee for State Security (KGB), alleging the existence of a \u201cLithuanian intelligence network\u201d operating inside the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The narrative centered on the activities of Lithuanian national Miroslavas Trockis, who was given 15 years in prison in Belarus on spying charges earlier this year. The 35-year-old man was reportedly arrested while visiting his parents. Based on his Facebook posts, Trockis visited Belarus quite often: he had a wife or a girlfriend and some relatives there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The piece claimed that Trockis had been recruited by Lithuanian secret services, operating under the codename Ringo. The man allegedly \u201chid money in secret stashes\u201d and supported other agents with \u201cmeans for intelligence activities.\u201d Belarusian counterintelligence officers reportedly arrested other members of the alleged network, but they did not disclose how many individuals were arrested.<\/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\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/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>May 13, Pozirk. The state-run ONT TV channel aired a documentary yesterday, produced in collaboration with the Committee for State Security (KGB), alleging the existence of a \u201cLithuanian intelligence network\u201d operating inside the country. The narrative centered on the activities of Lithuanian national Miroslavas Trockis, who was given 15 years in prison in Belarus on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":187270,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-187281","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>State-run TV channel, KGB accuse Lithuania of operating intelligence network in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 13, Pozirk. 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