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The
crime
of
genocide
was
introduced
into
Lithuanian
domestic
law
in
1992
,
that
is
,
soon
after
the
restoration
of
the
country
’s
independence
(
see
paragraphs
48
and
51
of
the
present
judgment
)
.
It
is
telling
that
before
this
introduction
the
criminal
statutes
which
were
applicable
in
Lithuania
during
Soviet
rule
(
first
the
Russian
Criminal
Code
,
and
later
the
Criminal
Code
of
the
Lithuanian
Soviet
Socialist
Republic
(
“
the
LSSR
”
)
did
not
even
mention
genocide
as
a
criminal
act
,
and
no
legal
responsibility
was
provided
for
committing
acts
of
genocide
.
In
2001
the
prosecutor
charged
the
applicant
with
the
genocide
of
Lithuanian
partisans
,
as
representatives
of
a
political
group
,
under
Article
71
§
2
of
the
Lithuanian
Criminal
Code
,
as
amended
in
1998
(
see
paragraphs
29
and
52
of
the
present
judgment
)
.
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