A Lithuanian neo-Nazi party plans to run in the nation’s legislative elections this fall even though officials at the Justice Ministry refused to register the party last week, according to the Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry. Despite the ministry’s decision, the leader of the National Socialist Party of Lithuania said the party is planning to put forward 10 candidates.
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