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URGENT: Lithuania to keep Russian pilot of crashed plane until end of probe - prosecutor

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VILNIUS, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - Lithuania will keep the Russian pilot of the Su-27 plane that crashed in this country until the end of the investigation, the Lithuanian Prosecutor General said Friday.  Lithuanian media quoting the prosecutors said the pilot, Major Valery Troyanov, was now considered a "suspect."

Earlier in the day he was questioned by the prosecutors for five hours in the presence of a Russian diplomat.

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