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The Baltic Monument Wars: Obelisk Down
Good riddance to it. Whatever it was known as, the monument was, in reality, a celebration of the brutal Soviet occupation of Latvia and, a daily insult to countless Latvians. After Latvia ...
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Latvia’s ambassador summoned to Russian MFA over demolition of Soviet monuments
Latvia’s ambassador to Russia Maris Riekstins ... those to the effect that Riga was demolishing monuments to Soviet liberators because Russia's special military operation in Ukraine was ...
Latvia demands Schengen prohibition on Russians
Latvian Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis has called on EU nations to halt the issuance of Schengen tourist visas to Russian citizens, arguing tha ...
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Russia’s OSCE mission condemns destruction of Soviet monument in Latvia
TASS/. The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the OSCE has condemned the destruction of a monument to Soviet liberators of WWII in the Latvian city of Jekabpils. "We condemn another ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency7y
Hundreds march with Nazi SS veterans in Latvia
A handful of veterans, flanked by hundreds of supporters waving Latvian flags, gathered around Freedom Monument for the march ... with Germany against the Soviet Union. Several protesters from ...