Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 11 Kurume 1990, Dare Repamusoro reLithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic rakazivisa chinangwa charo chekuparadzana neSoviet Union nekutangazve Republic yeLithuania yakazvimirira. Somugumisiro wechirevo ichi, musi wa9 Ndira 1991, hutungamiri hweSoviet hwakatumira Alpha Group kuti igadzire rusununguko rwekuzvimiririra uye kuchengetedza chimiro cheLithuania senyika yeSoviet. Kuedza uku kudzoreredza kutonga kweSoviet kwakaguma nekutora kwechisimba kweVilnius TV Tower musi wa13 Ndira 1991, panguva iyo mauto eSoviet akauraya varatidziri veLithuania vasina zvombo gumi nevatatu, pamwe nemumwe mushandi weAlpha (Lt. Viktor Shatskikh, uyo sezviri pachena akarohwa kumashure nemoto weshamwari). Muna 2011, aimbova mutungamiri weAlpha Group, retired KGB Col. Mikhail Golovatov, akasungwa kuVienna International Airport paEuropean Arrest Warrant nekuda kwechiitiko ichi, chakapihwa neLithuania, asi zviremera zveAustria zvakamusunungura mukati memaawa makumi maviri nemana, vachiti ruzivo rwakapihwa neLithuania rwaive "rusina kujeka". Mukupindura, paramende yeLithuania yakakurukura nezvokugura ukama hwezvamatongerwe enyika neAustria mukuratidzira. Chirevo chakabatana neVashandi veZvekunze venyika nhatu dzeBaltic vakashora kusunungurwa kwaGolovatov, uye vakati yaifanira kunge iri imwe ye "... nguva apo vanofungidzirwa vanochengetwa uye vanopihwa, kunyanya kana vachipomerwa mhosva dzehondo nemhosva dzinopesana nevanhu... "se "... mhosva dzakaitwa muna 1991 muVilnius neRiga hadzina muganho... " ("Riga" ichinongedzera kumutsara wakafanana
munaJanuary 1991, apo mapurisa matanhatu vokuLatvia uye vanhuwo zvavo vakaurayiwa neSoviet OMON neKGB mauto, zvichida kusanganisira nhengo dzeAlpha Group).