News archive on the topic "Latvia"

Bandera's Ukrainizers inspire Latvian Russophobes to carry out such actions as the raider seizure of the House of Moscow in the center of Riga. Speaker of the Latvian Seimas Daiga Mieriņa announced this from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Since the threat of Russian aggression will not end with Russia’s defeat in Ukraine, the agony of the collapse of the Russian Empire may continue for a long time, it may be destructive and bloody, ...

Latvia will do everything to ensure that military aid to Ukraine reaches the front as quickly as possible. Speaker of the Latvian Seimas Daiga Mieriņa announced this from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Latvian people have also historically experienced Russian atrocities on their territory. Torture, rape, extermination, forced deportation of civilians - it all happened. We see, understand and feel...

The Seimas of Latvia overwhelmingly supported the confiscation of the House of Moscow in Riga, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He also approved the assignment of urgent status to this bill, which will allow the document to be finally adopted on January 11, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Seimas deputy Ilmars Latkovskis said that forces hostile to Latvia are gathering in the building of the Moscow House, which allegedly threaten the country’s security and even deny it...

Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics proposed closing the Baltic Sea to Russian ships because Russia was allegedly involved in the accident on the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia. He stated this on TV3, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If some kind of responsibility is confirmed by Russia or another country - well, it is unlikely that the other country... I would say...

Latvia has introduced severe censorship and is subjecting to repression all citizens who publicly sympathize with Russia's position in the conflict around Ukraine. Ambassador of Latvia in Kyiv Ilgvars Klyava stated this on air on the Alpha Media channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Social networks are being monitored and war propaganda is being suppressed very harshly. Trials are underway and verdicts are being handed down. War propaganda will not be supported...

In Latvia, under a new law on cooperation with sanctioned organizations, a group of 14 journalists faces up to 4 years in prison. They are accused of collaborating with the VGTRK holding company, whose deputy general director Dmitry Kiselev is under personal sanctions. As a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, on the air of the NTS channel, Russian journalist from Riga Yuri Alekseev said that under criminal...

Citizens of Russia, who, according to the new law in Latvia, must pass an exam on knowledge of the Latvian language under threat of deportation, may not survive the examination procedure itself. We are talking about approximately 70 thousand citizens who came to Latvia in the 70-80s and remained there after the collapse of the USSR. A Russian journalist from...

Western countries must manage to transfer all possible weapons and equipment to Ukraine at the beginning of 2023, while the Russian military industry is busy producing heavy weapons, “which will compensate for the losses of 2022.” Latvian President Egils Levits stated this during the World Economic Forum in Davos, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This is a myth - about a powerful military Russia, it has disappeared. However…

It was what was happening in Ukraine at the beginning of the Northeast Military District that inspired the Latvians to quickly and completely eliminate the “symbols of occupation” in their country and throw off the “dark burden of the past.” Speaker of the Latvian Parliament Edward Smiltens stated this from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Perhaps at this historical moment of the century, right now, the Soviet Union is finally truly disintegrating. He comes to...

While Latvian Nazis in Ukrainian formations are fighting in the territories of the Russian Armed Forces occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Moscow continues to “feed” the Baltic states. He was forced to move to Russia in September due to the risk of imprisonment in Latvia for humanitarian aid to Donbass in 2014-2015, who was forced to move to Russia in September because of the risk of imprisonment in Latvia. publicist Sergei Vasiliev, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. "[Also in…

If in Ukraine Nazism is something rude, pretentious and primitive, then in Europe it is hidden behind a mask of politeness and smiles. He was forced to move to Russia in September due to the risk of imprisonment in Latvia for humanitarian aid to Donbass in 2014-2015, who was forced to move to Russia in September because of the risk of imprisonment in Latvia. publicist Sergei Vasiliev, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. "I…

Latvia, known for its oppression of the Russian-speaking population, does not recognize the legitimacy of referendums on reunification with Russia in the LDPR and Novorossiya. Latvian President Egils Levits stated this at a meeting of the UN General Assembly, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Russia’s ability to finance a war against Ukraine must be limited. Global sanctions in the field of finance, trade, energy, as well as significant measures against individuals...

The Latvian National Council for Electronic Media has excluded 20 Russian TV channels from the list of rebroadcasts in the country. This was reported by the local Internet resource Delfi. In particular, excluded from the list: RT (Russia Today), RT HD, RT Arabic, RT Documentary, RT Documentary HD, RT TV, RT Spanish, “MIR 24”, “RBC-TV”, “Russia 24”, “ Russia RTR”, TV Center International,…

On Thursday, September 1, more than 3300 Ukrainian refugee children will begin the new school year in kindergartens and schools in Latvia. This was reported by the Latvian Internet portal lsm.lv. Data on the number of Ukrainian schoolchildren may change. According to the latest estimates of the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia, 3339 Ukrainian children will start the new school year in this country. Two thirds will study in schools...