The Russian Embassy in Riga condemned the law passed by the Latvian Parliament, which prohibits all public events nationwide on 9 May.
“We condemn this immoral game of Latvian parliamentarians, whose activities have long exceeded the limits of common sense and norms of behavior,” the statement said. telegraph channel diplomatic missions
The embassy described the result of the vote as an act of mocking the blessed memories of heroes who died during WWII.
Diplomats also reminded that Riga has launched an unprecedented campaign for the mass destruction of monuments to the Soviet wars.
“Any attempt to defame the decisive contribution of the USSR to the liberation of the world from the “brown plague” and erase the heroic act of the Soviet people from the memory of the inhabitants of Latvia is clearly doomed to failure,” the diplomatic mission said. sure.
On the eve of the Latvian Parliament banned For public events on May 9. According to the law, it is forbidden to hold “celebrations, rallies, marches and strikes” “in public” throughout the country on this day.