"Lietuvos aidas" was again resurrected in 1990 when Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union. The first new issue came out on May 8, 1990, during the economic blockade of Lithuania. Receiving support from Vytautas Landsbergis, it was recreated as the newspaper of the Supreme Council and the Council of Ministers of Lithuanian. It had 62,000 subscribers in 1991 and 56,000 subscribers in 1992. At the end of 1992, its circulation reached 103,000 copies. The newspaper reflected ideology of the Homeland Union. There were unrealized plans of merging "Lietuvos aidas" with the Russian-language "Echo Litvy" (previously "Sovetskaya Litva"). Few years later, "Lietuvos aidas" was privatized. The first editor was Saulius Stoma (until 1994). In October 1997, he received a five-year sentence for misappropriation of funds at "Lietuvos aidas" and served a seven-month sentence. Other editors included Saulius Šaltenis (1994–1996), Roma Grinbergienė (1997–1998), Jonas Vailionis (1998), and Rimantas Varnauskas (1998–2000).