However, the Prosecutor General of the USSR Nikolai Trubin closed the case due to the fact that the decision to recognize the independence of the Baltic states was not personally made by the President, but by the State Council.
Генеральный прокурор СССР Николай Трубин закрыл дело в связи с тем, что решение о признании независимости прибалтийских республик принимал не лично президент, а Госсовет.