Russian Investigators File Case Over Desecration of Soviet Army Monument in Lithuania Wed 23rd December 2020 | 06:00 PM MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd December, 2020) The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case over the desecration of a monument to Soviet warriors in Lithuania's city of Obeliai, the committee's spokeswoman, Svetlana Petrenko, told Sputnik on Wednesday. On December 9, the committee initiated a probe into the reports of the desecration of a monument to Soviet warriors in the northeastern Lithuanian city. According to the committee, the perpetrators spilled red paint and sprayed images of swastikas over the monument in late November. "The Main Investigations Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee, in accordance with the results of the pre-investigation probe, has filed a criminal case over ... 'public desecration of the symbols of Russia's military glory'," Petrenko said.