Word: vilnius
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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Since Kalanta's suicide, three other Lithuanians have also set themselves on fire in political protest. Further evidence of how high tensions are running in Lithuania came last month at an international handball tournament in Vilnius, which suddenly turned into an anti-Russian demonstration. Students jeered the Russian players and cheered the foreign participants. They refused to stand for the Soviet national anthem, passed out anti-Soviet leaflets, and even hoisted the national flag of independent Lithuania. Most recently, the Soviets dismissed Lithuania Agitation and Propaganda Chief Pranas Mishutis, the man in charge of keeping the lid on Lithuanian...