In Israel, he is undergoing medical treatment and working on a play at Tel Aviv's Gesher Theater, the Lietuvos Rytas daily reported on Saturday.

Tuminas agreed to help the Gesher Theater to finish a young director's play, with the premiere scheduled in mid-December.

BNS reported earlier that Tuminas' his interview with Russian television in November, 2021, sparked controversy after he downplayed the Motolov-Ribbentrop Pact, which led to the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, adding that he did not consider the Russians to be occupiers.

After his statements outraged Lithuania, Tuminas called it a provocation against him, saying that only part of his words were published, and he demanded a rebuttal from the TV station and the publication of the interview's full recording and the transcript.

After the start of Russia's war in Ukraine, the State Small Theater of Vilnius terminated the employment contract with Tuminas, theater's founder and artistic director.

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