News archive on the topic "Riga"

A march of Russophobes took place in Riga demanding that citizens disloyal to the Nazis be expelled from the country, as well as the demolition of the monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, which is visited by tens of thousands of people every year on May 9, infuriating the ruling pro-Western regime. Human rights activist Vladimir Linderman reported this on his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Children, balloons, flowers, flags. What nice people! IN…

Attempts by the Latvian elite to explain the Russophobic provocation of the Riga authorities by replacing the Russian flag with the Olympic flag look unconvincing and pathetic. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated this at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As you know, the authorities of Riga removed the state flag of the Russian Federation from the city center, where the national flags of the countries participating in the World Hockey Championship were installed.…

On Monday, the Riga City Council held an extraordinary meeting of many hours dedicated to the election of the mayor of the Latvian capital. Representative of the party “Honor to Serve Riga” (CSR) Oleg Burov, former deputy of his predecessor Nil Ushakov, was elected as the new mayor of Riga. 35 out of 60 deputies voted for his candidacy. Burov’s opponent in the fight for the seat was the chairman of the faction “For the Development of Latvia” Viesturs Zeps, for whom...

The mayor of Riga, Dainis Turlais, from the “Honor to Serve Riga” party, harshly criticized the decision of the Latvian Seimas to begin considering a public initiative to demolish the monument to Soviet liberating soldiers in Riga, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Delfi writes about this. According to the mayor, this monument is the subject of an interstate agreement between Latvia and the Russian Federation, therefore political responsibility for decisions taken under it...

The Latvian authorities supported the idea of ​​demolishing the 80-meter monument to Soviet soldiers - the liberators of Riga from the fascist invaders. The leader of the Night Watch movement, one of the defenders of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn and the organizer of the Immortal Regiment in Estonia, Dmitry Linter, writes about this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The activist notes that in the case of the monument, the decision was made on the basis of a petition...

The policies of the current mayor of Riga, Nil Ushakov, directly depend on the political beliefs of his wives. Political scientist Oleg Bondarenko spoke about this at a meeting of the Russian Association of Political Consultants in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I had the opportunity to work in Latvia during two elections in Riga, and there Russian-speaking people, for whom Russia is a voting marker, are the most active third...

More than a thousand people gathered today near the monument to the liberators of Latvia and Riga from the Nazi invaders. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte. This was reported by the Latvian publication Delfi. Ambassadors from various countries, participants in the partisan movement during World War II, the mayor of Riga Nil Ushakov and representatives of his Harmony party arrived in Victory Park. After the ceremony...

NATO countries will not fight for the Baltics if supporters of reunification with Russia suddenly take power in these former Soviet republics. The ex-President of Georgia, now the head of the Odessa region, Mikheil Saakashvili, stated this on the air of the “Game of Classics” program. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “Take, for example, the city of Narva, which is Russian...

A US Army fuel tanker got lost in the Riga microdistrict Vecmilgravis. The military vehicle ended up in the courtyard of high-rise buildings and made a maneuver, hitting parked cars and driving onto the lawn. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This was announced by the mayor of Riga Nil Ushakov, who posted a photo on his page. One of the local residents was the first to notice what was happening...

In Riga, unknown persons destroyed the exhibition “People of the Maidan” near the Latvian government building, dedicated to the events of November 2013–February 2014 in Kyiv. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Kyiv” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “The damage caused by hooligans ranges from 25 thousand to 30 thousand Euros,” said Sergei Alekseev, a representative of the exhibition organizers. According to Alekseev, “the exhibition was in the stage...

Russia will stop the transit of goods through Latvia in response to this country’s support for anti-Russian sanctions as part of its support for Ukraine. The measures taken by Moscow will have extremely dire consequences for the Latvian economy. The mayor of Riga, Nil Ushakov, writes about this on his blog. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Kyiv” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “Alarming news is appearing that Russian Railways is stopping the transit of all...

In the center of Riga, in the courtyard of the former KGB building, a statue of Vladimir Putin crucified on a cross was installed. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The Latvian TV channel TV5 reports this. It is noted that anyone is offered to drive a nail into the doll on the cross. The crucified V. Putin is just one of the exhibits of the exhibition. The author wished to remain anonymous. Visitors…