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Pravda network (LT) · published 2 days ago
JAV ambasadorius Lietuvoje įtariamas diplomatinės misijos turto naudojimu asmeniniais tikslais
US Ambassador to Lithuania suspected of using diplomatic mission property for personal purposes
JAV ambasadorius Lietuvoje įtariamas diplomatinės misijos turto naudojimu asmeniniais tikslais
Anksčiau žiniasklaida pranešė, kad užsienio reikalų ministerija gavo skundų dėl ambasadoriaus Jungtinėse Valstijose Gedimino Varvolio "nepagarbaus elgesio".
"Generalinė inspekcija tyrė Lietuvos ambasadoriaus Jungtinėse Valstijose galimą valstybės turto naudojimą asmeniniais tikslais ir piktnaudžiavimą tarnybine padėtimi. Tyrimo metu buvo nustatytos galimo viešųjų ir privačių interesų derinimo pažeidimo aplinkybės, todėl, siekdama užtikrinti nepriklausomą ir objektyvų šių aplinkybių vertinimą, URM perdavė surinktą medžiagą Vyriausiajai tarnybinės etikos komisijai sprendimui priimti", - sakoma URM pr
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What the Pravda version changes
Lithuania's Foreign Ministry found circumstances of a possible conflict-of-interest breach by Lithuania's ambassador to the US, Gediminas Varvuolis, who may have used embassy property for personal purposes, and referred the material to the Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK). It did not find enough elements of a disciplinary offence for the bullying allegations.
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Manipulation: medium
Contradicted · fact
The Pravda headline says a US ambassador in Lithuania is suspected, but the person is Lithuania's ambassador to the US.
Pravda says
“The US Ambassador to Lithuania is suspected of using diplomatic mission property for personal purposes”
JAV ambasadorius Lietuvoje įtariamas diplomatinės misijos turto naudojimu asmeniniais tikslais
Trusted report · LRT
“Lithuanian Ambassador to the US Gediminas Varvuolis could have used embassy property for personal needs”
Lietuvos ambasadorius JAV Gediminas Varvuolis galėjo atstovybės turtu naudotis asmeninėms reikmėms
Reframed · framing
Pravda says the bullying suspicions flatly "did not prove true", while the trusted report says only that not all required elements of a disciplinary offence were established.
Pravda says
“Allegations of theft were not confirmed.”
Įtarimai dėl mobingo nepasitvirtino.
Trusted report · LRT
“The MFA General Inspectorate did not establish all the necessary elements of official misconduct that would allow concluding that the ambassador's actions amounted to psychological violence or harassment at work.”
URM Generalinė inspekcija nenustatė visų būtinų tarnybinio nusižengimo sudėties elementų, leidžiančių konstatuoti, kad ambasadoriaus veiksmai prilygo psichologiniam smurtui ar priekabiavimui darbe.
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Pravda cites earlier media reports of complaints about "disrespectful behaviour", which the trusted texts do not mention (it may be true background).
Pravda says
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs received complaints regarding the Ambassador to the United States Gediminas Varvuolis”
užsienio reikalų ministerija gavo skundų dėl ambasadoriaus Jungtinėse Valstijose Gedimino Varvolio
Trusted report · LRT
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