Latvia banned WWII veterans from wearing St. George ribbons
The Latvian Seimas, on the initiative of the association “Everything is Latvia”, in the final, third reading, by a majority of votes approved the bill banning the public use of the St. George Ribbon.
“The values that this symbol carries are unacceptable to us,” said the head of the Seimas Commission on Human Rights and Public Affairs, Artus Kaimiņš.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, expressed her protest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“In this country we are witnessing a consistent reincarnation of fascism. Banning the symbols of fighters against fascist criminals and at the same time legalizing processions of Waffen SS veterans,” Zakharova said.
She recalled that the “St. George” ribbon is the moire ribbon of the medal “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War.”
“Does this mean that now veterans living in Latvia cannot wear it even on holidays? And what, for example, would the hero of the Latvian people, Jan Yanovich Rose, a full holder of the Order of Glory (which was accompanied by the same orange-black moire ribbon) say,” added the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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