The journalists of Lithuania's newspaper Respublika participated in the announcement of the court's verdict.
However, process was disturbed by the misunderstandings. It was planned that the decision was to be announced in the 2nd hall but due to the amount of the participants (about 40 people) the announcement of the verdict was re-located to the 3rd hall. However, the judges did not appear in this hall as well.
Finally, it was said that the verdict was to be announced in the 11th hall. And this was the hall, where the verdict saying that banking magnates Antonov and Baranauskas were to be handed over to Lithuania was announced.
Moreover, it was also said that Lithuania's country had to secure that there was to be no threat to the lives of Antonov and Baranauskas and that the pre-trail investigation related to the bank Snoras was to be carried out objectively.
After the sitting, Baranauskas said to the journalist of the newspaper Respublika that he was a little bit in shock and refused to comment of the court's verdict.
Antonov and Baranauskas were fighting Lithuania's bid to extradite them from the U.K. over claims of fraud and embezzlement at the troublesome credit institution Snoras. Both denied wrongdoings claiming that the move was bankruptcy was a politically motivated campaign against criticism coming from Antonov towards Lithuanian government.
Both entrepreneurs are currently in London. They are accused in appropriation of the bank's and its affiliated companies' properties. Both were detained in the capital of Great Britain, and later released on bail.
The State of Lithuania nationalized the bank on November 16, 2014, having concerns on the bank's assets. Afterwards, the bank was declared bankrupt. Baranauskas and Antonov owned 25.31% an 68.1% of the bank's shares, respectively.
