What others write about Lithuania – 15 November 2026

In brief

• Wiesti.ru reports that a British citizen allegedly tore the figure of Jesus off a memorial cross in the courtyard of the Dominican monastery in Vilnius and smashed it.
• According to Wiesti.ru, the incident took place on the night of 12 to 13 November, and the information was passed to the Lithuanian station LNK by a spokesperson for the Vilnius police.
• Wiesti.ru reports that the man is cooperating with the investigation and that his documents have been seized so that he cannot leave Lithuania.
• The material was published by the Russian portal Wiesti.ru, which in the review is labelled as propaganda media; the information has not been verified in the report against other sources.

Russian press

The Russian portal Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) reports that a British citizen allegedly tore the figure of Jesus off a memorial cross in the courtyard of the Dominican monastery in Vilnius and smashed it; according to Wiesti.ru (propaganda media), the incident took place on the night of 12 to 13 November, and the information was passed on by a spokesperson for the Vilnius police to the Lithuanian station LNK. Kremlin propaganda in Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) adds that the man is cooperating with the investigation and that his documents have been seized so that he cannot leave Lithuania. (Британец повредил мемориальный крест в монастыре Вильнюса – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe))