i'm wondering what this all means for the russian speaking minority in latvia. a lot of them maybe don't feel very comfortable. i'm not talking about the signal so called fixed colony that they always felt ok. they live in a brown country talk about kind of reasonable like russians. natasha. they've been seen as a kind of local enemy in a way, and they have to pool once again themselves. okay. you know, we are, we're not, we don't agree with fulton all we want this to be the independent state. so our russian latvians feeling the pressure i decided to visit the russian theater enrica, to find out more. mm hm. martian brucell, my name is maxine booster. i come from reger in latvia and i work as an actor in theater and televisions for yucca cruz commission. sure, as a russian speaking person in latvia, i've always felt that i have to make more of an effort to own people's attention and respect every minute. when the war started, he broke off all his theatre commitments in russia. mac of with toyota of assumed where there's a double stand and, and there are 2 sides

, which is a russian speaking person in latvia. i've always felt that i have to make more of an effort to own people's attention and respect to remind you of him. when the war started, he broke off all his theater commitments in russia. okay. victors are looking to have some corner. there's a double stand and, and there are 2 sides to everything. certainly not. on the one hand, our country has not sought to integrate russian speakers into latvian culture. but on the other, many russian speak is in our country, have themselves failed to integrate for many years or per song. or could i'm talking about people who think that ukraine is bombing itself out. people who think that russia is a great power and does everything right? 0. so that's really what these people think. i'm ninfa chaverra with global la floor. it's difficult globally because our society is divided nealus. that's why we're seeing these radical measures to cut off everything associated with russian politics as much as possible. so we can finally move forward to serving

latvia cannot yet.ted a mandatory call just recently, by the way, i couldn’t get 360 people, not thousands, 360, they played a lottery , now summonses have been sent to the addresses, i’m not joking, but i would also like to remember the words of retired, as a rule, estonian generals, who have recently been very there is often talk about mining of fields along the border with the russian federation, and mining will happen. and the protocol of the three defense ministers says that they will also build at least 60 fortified areas along the border, well, mainly of estonia and latvia with russia, because lithuania is in the kaliningrad region, there is, of course, a question of funding, and the minister of defense of latvia said so funny, well, we know for sure that russia will not attack in the next 10 years, so we can calmly build our fortifications for 10 years, that is, how then will russia attack what we were juggling before the special operation began on february 24, and it’s also interesting. we will

uh, well, in general, here i am a citizen of latvia and , uh, latvia in recent years. all recent years in fact, in the information space , including the western one in the western media, it is present here on march 16 on the day of the latvian legion, and those latvians and latvians who fought on the side of the soviet union, they were in the shadows. and somehow i wanted to make up for it. this one, uh, struck this one, yes, and i, frankly, have long conceived this film, but three years ago i started shooting and i had four recorded. clever interviews with veterans, but not a single frame was included in the film, because the events in the twenty-second year simply became develop. so it was necessary to follow the events. and those plans that were originally they. well, to put it mildly, collapsed. it was necessary to go for life in order for the film to be relevant. how did you manage to put it together? that's it, these unique shots of the destruction of monuments, and you took somewhere in the archive yourself and went to shoot on some or they provide you somewhere

missy: let's talk about latvia. how many nato forces are present in latvia? and are you satisfied with nato's military presence in the baltic nations specifically, given their geography and history as soviet republics? pres. levits: we have nato military personnel from 10 other nations, 10 other nato nations here, and several from other nato states, and our own military forces. for the moment, it is enough. but because of the change of the strategic situation in europe, we need more troops. and we need to strengthen the eastern flank of nato. and of course, that mia is part of the eastern flank, and we will prepare our proposals so that we have more emphasis to defend, the common defense, and for the deployment of nato troops in our baltic region and in general, eastern part of europe. missy: it is interesting to see nato leadership make these decisions following president putin's invasion of ukraine, that many countries in eastern europe have in calling for four years. we know baltic nations have warned the west for a long time about the threat of russia and

uh, well, in general, here i am a citizen of latvia and , uh, latvia in recent years.ll recent years, in fact, in the information space, including in the west in the western media, it is present here on march 16 on the day of the latvian legion, and those latvians and latvians who fought on the side of the soviet union, they were in the shadow. and somehow i wanted to make up for it. this one, uh, struck this one, yes, and i, frankly, for a long time conceived this film, but started shooting about three years ago and hmm, i recorded four voluminous interviews with veterans. but not a single frame was included in the film, because events in the twenty-second year simply began to develop. so it was necessary to follow the events. and those plans that were originally they. well, to put it mildly, collapsed. it was necessary to go for life, so that the film was an actual reality. weaker desire, how did it happen to collect like that? that's it. here are the unique footage of the destruction of monuments. e you somewhere they took it in the archive, they themselves went out

and poets, when they say that latvia is the land of latvians - this is true, but not all, latvia is therussians and belarusians, and jews and baltic germans, who also lived here for centuries. many had you, they don’t think of you any other motherland except latvia well, it suits the son, that spirit and now presents a new song album dedicated to the mother. i am latvian ukrainian and russian. and i used to also try it in general for me today in russian, but i thought, well, there was no such inspiration, there was no such situation. i wrote to the fact that, well, these events that started to create this, well, the division of people in my country is already provoking already. well, about 30 years. yes, i try to somehow unite people , it didn’t work out how to build the future, in general , i try to divide the state together all the time and i love it very much. gazelle of latvian russians is not afraid to speak loudly about common values; he sees his mission in this, or i'm already 65. so especially there is nothing to fear, too, and in god. i love and so i think that he is also more

missy: let's talk about latvia specifically. how many nato forces are present in latvia? are you satisfied with nato's military presence in the baltic nations, specifically given their geography and their history with soviet republic? president levits: we have nato military personnel from 10 other nations. 10 other nato nations here. and we have several thousand from others, nato member states, and we have also of course our own military forces. so that's for the moment it is enough. but because of a change of the strategic situation in europe, we need more troops and we need to strengthen all eastern flank of nato and of course latvia is part of the eastern flank. and we will prepare our proposals so that we have more emphasis to defend fence, and -- defense, and of course for the employment of -- deployment of nato troops in our region. baltic region, but in general in the eastern part of europe. missy: it's interesting to see nato's leadership make these decisions following president putin's invasion of ukraine that many countries in eastern europe have been calling fo

there are many ukrainians in latvia now. you know the exact number. how many numbers are constantly changing. the latest number, which is more or less stable, is about 40,000 ukrainians who were registered or who applied for help to both national and local authorities. authorities, but you know. we also see that there is a constant stream of ukrainians crossing the latvian-russian border, those who are trying to escape through russia and from the occupied territories as well we see that some ukrainians are returning to ukraine , now some are using latvia as a transit country, that is, in fact, the figure that we can call more or less stable is 40 thousand. but do you know about the number of ukrainians who are starting to come to latvia ? it was a bit of a mystery because we saw several hundred citizens of ukraine crossing the border between latvia and russia in the summer and in september. now, for some reason, this flow has stopped and we have a suspicion that it is somehow related to the internal border management of russia and possibly also with t

now the state security service of latvia is working with a bang.st be admitted they really do their job. recently there was a case, i have a friend who wrote that she was a repost and a simple kostya where he congratulated. eh? vladimir vladimirovich putin on march 8, girls, and for this she received 150 public hours of work through the court , imagine, this is our queen, that is, people are afraid to subscribe to you. if you are talking about something correctly, if you are a blogger er, or just repost something on your wall, an alternative opinion. this is, well, it is unacceptable, there is no alternative opinion. here we have such a democracy of double standards, we only allow what, in principle, is on the agenda of the political elite. and how is this explained? do people really not have a question that, well, you are promoting liberal democratic values, pluralism? freedom of opinion , human rights, an alternative point of view. and then bam one single agenda, step left, step right. you know, in fact, our biggest mistake is that we probably mi

but the price of building materials in latvia has gone up by half. and he doesn't know when it will be finished. the rosenthal's live in a small village in western latvia, set in beautiful countryside. youngest takes the children to school each morning and brings them home again later. but all is not as idyllic as it seems with a population of just to 1000000 latvia is one of the poorest countries in the european union. it's economy traditionally closely linked to russia's. the war has had a disastrous impact on business owners like yon us, m. o 's board, we've always worked closely with business partners in russia and people there always wanted our products back now that sold gone him out. such a sad way. so me anees about lat fears. big neighbor to the east has risen sharply since the start of the war. latvia declared independence from the soviet union more than 30 years ago. but the invasion of ukraine has brought back traumatic memories . she, this, the other bigger apo, it feels like they have hockey. let's say with him please him to know you wa

or we go now to latvia, which has been providing a lot of support to ukraine. it also has a sizable russian speaking minority a legacy of the time when latvia was part of the soviet union. now they have been a target of the kremlin propaganda machine in a bid to undermine support for ukraine. our reporter killian buyer visited a town close to the russian border to see what impact kremlin propaganda is having platinum of the bud latvia along the russian border. many people here watch russians, they television via satellite and over the internet. and with that propaganda from russia, that again the dear friends at b t could drown the children, drown them with a wooded. yeah, that will be nuclear. all threats of war broadcast across the border from lot fios, much bigger neighbor russia. this worries maria, to beat sca one in for latvians has russian heritage and speaks russian. since the ukraine war started latvia has become even more polarized with it, and for exactly are losing our friends and our neighbors, that her son van propaganda is like poison that's divi

she's one of 36000 registered, ukrainian refugees in latvia, forced to leave her hometown matthew was because of russia, warren ukraine. she found a new home in the small latvian town of school to go. yeah, because of the new to my left, the funeral. i never thought i would work in europe because i was perfectly happy watching, you know, pulling up. but then there was started, my house was bumped, there is nothing left of it. and i understood that no matter what i had to find a new place to work. i understood that a lot for you. i would also be able to work as a token of the post inside. and just in what i chose, it was important to her to flee to a country where she would be able to work as a doctor. because being a doctor is her calling in life, show them brows. maya, she chose latvia and was allowed to start working after only one month in the country. and she came at a critical time latvia struggling with a shortage of medical workers, according to the lot to be a medical association. the country needs 300 doctors and 8000 nurses. also, most doctors are older than 50 years old, an

and poets when they say that latvia is the land of latvians. true, but not all, latvia is the land of russians and belarusians, and baltic jews and germans, who also lived here centuries. many darlings cannot imagine any other motherland than latvia. well, it suits the son, that spirit of the name is presented by a new song album dedicated to his mother. i am a latvian ukrainian and i tried russian in general today in russian, but i thought, well, there was no such inspiration, there was no such situation. no, i wrote that, well, these events that started to create it, well, the division of people in my country is already provoking already. well , for about 30 years, until about the very beginning , they tried to somehow unite people, it didn’t work, how to build the future, in general i try to share the state together all the time and love it very much. i took russian latvians, he is not afraid to speak loudly about common values, he sees his mission in this, and i am already 65. so there is nothing to be especially afraid of in god either. i

and poets when they say that latvia is the land of latvians., but not all, latvia is the land of both russians and belarusians, and baltic jews and germans, who also lived here for centuries. many had you, they don't think of you another motherland except latvia well, it suits the son, that spirit of the name is presented by a new song album dedicated to the mother. i am a latvian ukrainian and i tried russian in general today in russian, but i thought, well, there was no such inspiration, there was no such situation. i wrote that, well, these events that began to create this, well, the separation of people, how m-m in my country already provoke already. well, about 30 years. yes, i try to somehow unite people , it didn’t work out, how to build the future, in general , the state is together all the time divide. the gazelle of latvian russians is not afraid to speak loudly about common values; he sees his mission in this, or i'm already 65. so there is nothing to be especially afraid of in god either. i love and love so much that he is also more

in latvia began ukraine information space and environment.block colors began to dominate in cities and towns on the radio sounded news releases on the ukrainian model everywhere ukrainian flags from the cabinet of ministers and the ministry of foreign affairs to schools, hospitals , electronic screens, banners, websites. the media of private companies are even painting trams yellow-blocked; atm screens are calling to help ukrainian residents with supplies to ukraine . latvia indeed, everything in the world will come out on top with its military budget. this, of course, is not so much out of love for ukraine and ukrainians. how many because of hostility to russia for ukraine and against putin leads the president himself is an ehillelite in latvia, he is the most significant official categorically, advocating the ousting of the russian language later in an interview. he will also speak in the spirit that the russian-speaking celebrating victory day should be sorted out and isolated. the rally russian voice against the war was given the most pre

moreover, latvia is experiencing a shortage of latvia's energy deficit.icular for electricity is approximately 30%, this is what they have to buy annually from abroad. prices today on the electricity exchange. so high that, well, there are simply not enough values ​​in which to measure them, of course, all this will affect the well-being of the population of latvia . thank you very much. mikhail valentin who were with us today and continue to monitor the situation around the monument, which needs to be completely dismantled and completely launched, as we found out from ours conversation on the road. gravel and, of course, the situation in latvia in general, because there is a feeling that our relations are reaching a dead end. and apparently. riga is only interested in not getting out of this impasse. thank you very much. no less disturbing news comes from cyprus. the cypriot police, meanwhile, released a ukrainian terrorist who attacked russian activists with a knife during the celebration of the russian flag day. this is me quoting the telegram channel

undistorted form, of course, what is happening in latvia now is a nightmare.you that the president of this country is egils. levit announced on may 20 a procession for the liberation of the country from the entire soviet legacy. i want us to remember this very word heritage, because here we cannot do without curiosities. in the spotlight the sad story that unfolded around the soviet liberation monument. the monument to the liberator of riga from the fascist invaders, at first people carried flowers there, then people did not stop to remove them with a bulldozer. they walked with more flowers. won. you see, the whole area. it was just littered with these flowers, it all ended in fact with dispersal and now, after this, the seimas of latvia terminated the key article of the agreement with russia on the protection of memorial structures, the agreement was concluded in the ninety-fourth year and was aimed precisely at preventing us soviet monuments of the former soviet republics, well, then the riga city council supported the demolition of the story is not over. m

ah latvia along the russian border, many people here watch russians. they television via satellite and over the internet . and with that propaganda from russia, that again, dear friends at b t could drown the children, drown them with a wooded. yeah, that will be nuclear. all threats of war broadcast across the border from lot fios, much bigger neighbor russia. this worries maria, to beat sca one in for latvians has russian heritage and speaks russian. since the ukraine war started latvia has become even more polarized with it, and for except we are losing our friends and our neighbors, that her son van propaganda is like poison that's dividing the people in the 66 year old on her sonia's have lots of russian friends, russia tv is blocked here, but many people still managed to watch a lot of it, even before the russian invasion, the information war was well underway. russian media frequently broadcasts aggressive rhetoric about the e. u and nato. in a talk show on russian t. v. a military expert described step by step, how russia hypothetically could i

but why is it so important for the people of latvia ? we see in this trend a bad trend these war crimes have not appeared right now and exactly in ukraine ukraine ah there were before in ukraine war crimes were committed for the sole reason that they were not stopped earlier that the war criminals did not answer for this in any way before , neither in georgia nor in fact in 2014 after the struggle in donbas and in crimea." part of the race, it can spread everywhere, if you, its criminals, do not see the consequences, then all this will go on and continue to grow, and we must stop it with all our might. there is simply no other way out. in fact, i believe that the criminals are those who are involved in the committed war crimes, i believe. i am even convinced that they will appear before the court and be punished it will be a little more difficult for the political leaders, those who ordered to do it with them will be a little more difficult , this does not mean that we should surrender. but why then some countries? countries, their gover

so you to this got, they all, there is a substantial russian speaking minority in latvia. they're only a few people in the cold to go or speak russian. this made communicating with patients difficult at the start, the turn to come down to the, to the. so let's go at the beginning when you start to talk to watch friends here in russian. they ask you why russian, when i explained that i'm from ukraine and on the learning rock fan, they tried to communicate in russian research. but now i speak to them in lock fan with mistakes and not the fluids they of course, but in lots and non glass and use this meetings, assume waterfall. but even though she has had to face many challenges here in latvia, she still can picture herself returning to ukraine in the future, which i'm a little google to take a little. but my hometown mario full just okay. price right now it is okay. if i buy the russians, and while i hope it will be free and i just don't know why this is also, i have no place to return to. maybe they will start to rebuild everything. no, i don't want to return. let me switch.

light, he will win latvia a victory in ukraine.hank you dear, after february 24, representatives of the latvian nation began to declare that russia’s aggression against ukraine has opened a historical window of opportunity to deal with the occupation monuments at home. official latvia is for bandera's ukraine and against the ukraine that is somehow connected with russia at the end of february, all relations were interrupted rhetoric. naturally, the rhetoric on the head of the riga duma has changed; they have also changed, concluded in the ninety-fourth year, the russian-latvian treaty did not allow the demolition of soviet monuments. their damage, desecration were considered a violation of law 24 on the night of 24-25, firstly, a man with a hammer appeared, who developed this stella and then at night he would still be doused with paint. we arrived in the morning. we started cleaning. we realized that this could all happen again and we organized the night watch. a series of acts of vandalism began, an unequal struggle of those who w

latvia cannot yet. latvia started compulsory conscription only recently.t 360 people, not thousands, 360, they played the lottery. now summonses have been sent to the addresses. i am not kidding. but i would also like to recall the words of retired, usually estonian generals, who have recently very often talked about mining fields along the border with the russian federation. and there will be mining. and the protocol of the three baltic defense ministers says that at least 60 fortified areas along borders, well, mainly estonia and latvia with russia, because lithuania is in the kaliningrad region, they will also build it, there is of course a question of funding, and the minister of defense of latvia so funny said, well, we know for sure that russia will not attack in the next 10 years , so we can calmly build our fortifications for 10 years, that is, how then will russia attack what they were juggling before the start of the special operation on february 24, and another interesting detail in this sense, referring, by the way, to wallstreet... what the au

but anyway, no, in latvia and l lithuania also. we will work on that. at the same time we are looking for more, more reasonable nato partners' presence in the region because we saw from different military games that organized by very prominent institutions here in the u.s. that we really need to strengthen the presence of nato forces. in the region. not only by number of soldiers on our land, ground, but also by increasing prepositions of the different equipment and ammunition in the region. because in our case, if you speak about possible aggression, the most important issue is time of response. and if we want to shorten this time, we really need higher presence of nato forces in the region and also prepositioning of equipment, technique, ammunition in the region. it will be more shorter, because if we just u.s. decides to help and we are sure you will decide. but anyway, we need many days to transport equipment to europe. it means we need to find solutions. and also will be one of the questions what we will discuss probably during the next nato summit

what does the integrated part of society mean, the feeling of being a citizen of latvia?l wants to speak here you are ours or now you are not ours for us - this is a language, that is, we are a small state if there are russians, a ukrainian, a chinese, an american, it doesn't matter if he speaks to us in latvian, then in principle we i admit that he is our uh, and the problem we had was due to the fact that basically 30 years had passed. the hotel speaks simply in latin in our country. and you understand the situation. where i live, how do you pay and my children, who have learned russian, they are going somewhere, for example, i don’t know, yes, i drank, yes, and they can’t speak the swallow’s language there. but they cannot get service in theirs state in its own language and this is definitely more impossible, that is, if people want to integrate, they must be loyal, they must learn and speak this language, and if they must choose between latvia and russia, they must choose latvia and not russia, if they choose russia, i you have nothing to do here, but you see, in fact

has ever been in latvia.ou live in his house. and every morning you wake up in his bedroom. well, maybe luxury items. this category does not apply to everyone is good. it is known how the nazis took jewelry from the jews before they were sent to death, how they took out paintings and other items from the occupied countries. luxury. how they pulled out the golden teeth from those who destroyed. so the dachas of kosygin's villa for the current president, latvia is a moral cost, so to speak, they do not suffer much, apparently, levits was born in latvia in 1955. his father was jewish during the war. he was evacuated from latvia but the rest of the president’s relatives died during the holocaust, levits’s mother was latvian and she survived the occupation safely, but with the arrival of soviet troops in 1944 she decided to leave with the nazis later, she returned to latvia where she met her leftist father and in seventy-two year. the family amicably emigrated to germany. and in germany, levits studied at the latv

latvia giving assistance to accommodate and feed these refugees?res. levits: there are over 3 million refugees already. 2 million of them are in poland. more or less, 10,000 or less that 10,000 in lafayette. because we don't have a direct border with ukraine and we are welcoming ukrainian refugees and all of the assistance which is needed. so we should be ready to have refugees and the locking people welcoming the refugees. because after the second world war, many latvians were also refugees, they came through sweden, germany and immigrated to the united states, there is a big lesbian community. and now there's a second world war messaging. we are welcoming ukrainian refugees and trying to help with all necessary help that they need. missy: how does lafayette plan to reduce its dependence on russian energy supplies and more broadly, how do you think europe can wean itself off of russian oil and gas without jeopardizing the climate change goals that it has? pres. levits: in lafayette, we should not overestimate our dependence from russian energy. ap

latvia may introduce compulsory military service for women. increase taxes and reduce recipients of subsidies to take painful measures due to the deterioration of the economy, britain is forced. from polotsk to ivasevichi 30 years. day of belarusian literature. an expedition will go to the capital of the holiday road to the shrines. attach maximum efforts to raise the authority of the teacher, a big talk about the education system, the president took part in the republican pedagogical council the day before. the head of state noted the great, very important extracurricular work that teachers do and demanded a radical solution to the problem of bureaucratic paperwork in schools. work with talented children in schools and universities must be strengthened. talents must remain in our country. they addressed the problems of the state to the authorities, to the district executive committee, the village council, they, if not be afraid locally, the authorities are nearby, if you have solved the issue, have not informed the vertical power, it is like

so, regarding latvia, this is the opening of a second front.ecause since i am observing the situation on this territory. before this decision, mass repressions were carried out. bans on the activities of certain political forces were carried out against russian-speaking politicians. that is, today, even as in tallinn, decide which are always latvian russians, who were always more organized than estonian russians. they will not be able to organize themselves, allegedly about the russian party, which has always been presented to us as our friendly center. consent completely passed in the person of its leader nil ushakov and all deputies e, and them and the city and seven, allatvia and the city duma. she completely switched to the nazi side, being afraid of reprisals, today we will meet, there, an unorganized protest of more than four hundred thousand of the population of latvia, the russian-speaking population of latvia, for which this place is . assemblage point of nations that is, those who come there are russian people. sorry e. i predict the

visa-free regime with lithuania, extended by poland and latvia. the initiative of the ministry of foreign affairs was supported by the head of the belarusian state. visa-free travel with western neighbors was introduced last year. this policy has shown the steady interest of residents of neighboring countries in visiting belarus. despite the obstacles and restrictions from the leadership of lithuania, latvia and poland. we see, without a doubt, sustained interest. they accepted about 405 thousand residents of neighboring countries, also on a visa-free basis. there are a lot of positive reviews from visiting belarus on social networks. naive guests they see a discrepancy with what western propaganda shows about our country. for some categories of citizens of the border regions of lithuania and latvia, in particular pensioners and the poor, trips to belarus are a source of obtaining necessary goods and medicines. these are the videos they share. guests of sausages, a million types, sausages , the same thing, any, look how many types of boiled soup,

they receive it while they are in latvia.hough they can also legally stay in latvia for three months with valid documents even without registration, so i can’t say the exact number, but it’s definitely more than 20 thousand more than 14 thousand received a work permit in latvia ukraine they live mostly in host families or in some specially prepared premises for this purpose. they live in families, but the municipal authorities of many cities and villages also provide housing , for example, they give away various school premises and other social infrastructure buildings are also used for housing refugees or temporarily of displaced persons, latvia was one of the first countries that provided us with military assistance, you gave us your own stinger anti-aircraft systems, which helped a lot during the defense of kyiv, i am defective do you still continue to provide us with military aid i can answer yes but without any details although military aid military equipment continues to arrive in ukraine that is why my answer is yes th

, which fought for the independence of latvia.tor of its russian-language atmod newspaper there, because it was also in latin , of course, but in russian, by the way , we printed a lot there ukrainian materials and ukrainian authors, anarchists from kharkov and there, er, from lviv. i remember there was such an article, and chornovil came to me, and vyacheslav chornovil. i remember him very well , and there was also, as i remember, an interview i'm with him , and we used to say that russian schools in latvia is such a factory, interfront, interfront, it was a russian organization for the soviet union, for everything soviet and such, and many teachers who worked there were the wives of soviet officers, and in general there was such an atmosphere, and i suspect that that's how it is and still is, and to some extent it has remained in riga, there was such a monument, we just don't have much time left, i want to ask this again because in ukraine right now there are terribly fierce discussions around the monument to the mother of the p

russian foreign ministers and amana well, now for the news, the inhabitants of latvia were on duty all night at the monument to the military liberators in riga, guarding the flowers that they brought again, even the policemen who unhooked the territory the day before, did not interfere, i remind you that the authorities of the republic were distributed with a bulldozer to destroy remove all the wreaths of carnations and tulips that the citizens laid by the ninth of may. after that, thousands of new flowers were brought to the monument, candles were lit at night, songs of the war years sounded near the monument, in the meantime, the minister of the interior latvia in interview places. the channel said that the monument could be completely demolished, allegedly it brings discord into society. she called it a quote monument of the occupation for what e. well, now i’ll copy and paste our fifth studio, its presenter dmitry shchugorev, is joining. as far as i know, he is just planning to discuss the situation around the monument in riga dmitry. you have the floor. yes ol thank you indeed. th

ba in latvia is actually a very big problem for latvia. why?ause the mouth is now closed to everyone. the state security services of latvia are working with a bang. and this must be admitted , they really cope with their task. recently there was a case, i have a friend wrote that she was a repost, but a simple post where he congratulated. e. vladimir vladimirovich putin with girls on march 8, and for this she received 150 public hours of work through the court . if you speak correctly about something, if you are a blogger, or just repost something on your wall, an alternative opinion. this is, well, unacceptable, there is no alternative opinion. here we have such a democracy of double standards, we only allow what, in principle, goes according to agenda of the political elite. and how is this explained? do people really not have questions that, well, you are promoting the liberal democratic values ​​of the plural. lism freedom of opinion human rights alternative point of view and then bam - one single agenda, step left step right. you know, in

on the other hand, latvia is always at the forefront of old western trends. and if there is now a trend towards the abolition of everything russian than latvia is leading, this movement, the russian speaking minority of the past 20 years, has already been so down from humiliated and artificially integrated and assimilated into laughing society. that essentially, in the last elections, there was no danger to the authorities. but apparently as a deputy of the reagan city council, from the russian union of latvia, said commentating on the decision to demolish the monument. these people already have a taste of blood on their lips, so they want to deal with any objectionable manifestations as much as possible now, of those who gathered on may the 10th that the monument to the liberator. what'd i tried to come to the regus city hall or simply outraged? they all outraged that they are not allowed to live according to their traditions. babbitts, this constant demand for public loyalty, the constant public denial and crisen. russia has become unbearable. the atmospher

what do you make of that given, you know, especially the history of latvia and latvia's positions in eastern europe? president levits: so latvia and all other member states of nato, which joined nato after 1990 as democratic states. it was their choice. of course, the principle of independence and self-determination says it is for the state to choose alliance. the whole world knows that nato is a defensive alliance. no one in nato is thinking to expand and to make war against another country. so it was increase of security, increase of peace in europe through ak session -- accession of member states since 1990. i will say if it would not be done, then we would have much more worse situation as now. >> i think the elephant in the room when we're talking about eastern europe and the baltics in particular in this conversation about raesh's intentions, vis-a-vis nato, is the possibility that president putin could decide to widen the war, potentially launch a direct attack on nato nations? and you referenced earlier, latvia's feeling of security. i'm hoping you can elaborate on that. what

no russians to enter latvia?nly issue on an exceptional basis, i think what you call humanitarian visas. there are some who have received that permit, but the general rule is no visas. the german chancellor scholz says that's a fundamental mistake. he says, "this is not a war on the russian people. it is putin's war. it is important for us to understand there are a lot of people fleeing from russia because they fundamentally disagree with the russian regime." you really want to lock them out of getting a safe haven in latvia ? once again, it's important to distinguish a tourist visa from a humanitarian visa. we are accepting, on an exceptional basis, russian citizens who are indeed fleeing the putin regime. we have, in latvia, we're actually hosting many news services, russian edition, including the bbc�*s, and many others — the former independent russian media, which is banned in moscow, is alive in latvia and reporting back into russia. so, of course, you always find a way to let that which would be termed a hu

the president of latvia also said how is the situation the people of latvia to the fact that money is allocated, well, in fact, their taxes for ukraine and what future prospects can we expect from this office , what is this office, if you understand, the understanding is that we give ukraine more would be given if russia attacked on and this is er it looks like something very much everyone understands it, of course, in latvia there is a certain part of the population, er, a larger share of the russian-speaking population, which eh, which, or we will support it on a and and eh, how is it in the south and their russia, eh, at least from the point of view, not everything is like this and everything is like that, it happens like this, but what does such a thing do in us, such are the consequences of years of years of soviet families, yes , the soviet party, sir. the majority of the population supports ukraine and supports it by e- e assistance as payments e-e gives ukraine more than e-e now there was a dispute, collection of funds was taking place to help the country and er for these days

we begin in latvia. the baltic state has closed its borders to russian citizens. yet some russians, fearful of being drafted into the war with ukraine, are still making it into the neighboring e u country. now she couldn't breathe again. it's danny islov, but she love has finally been formally recognized as a refugee from russia in law. it was a long process. at the end of it, stanislaus is relieved to have cut ties with a country that started a war of aggression in the middle of europe. the british battle, i fled to the 1st best country, so i wouldn't have to go to jail or be sent to war. i don't want to fight against the ukrainians. i have many friends there. the 1st best country, as stanislaus said, was latvia, and you, you member state with a 300 kilometer common board, a with russia when they will start at more than 10 months ago, stun, his love decided to protest. they foam. a policeman found himself in the midst of a peace rally in st. petersburg, where hundreds of protesters were arrested. but wh

the atmosphere in latvia for a russian speaking person is very difficult. i move it on to the news now is really security forces have class with mornings at the funeral of an al jazeera journalist in palestine, sharyn abu r claire was killed on wednesday, while reporting in the west bank. ah, this what did shows police confronting those attending the funeral as they tried to move the caskets on foot and some clay? what exactly caused the unrest in the coffin was later delivered to church by car. thousands of palestinians took part in mourning for the journalists who lost her life amid a recent wave of tension is how events unfolded. ah, ah, noticed a quick warning you may find some of the following images disturbing. this footage shows the moments after the al jazeera journalist was killed during his railey army rate in the town of jenin postilion palestinian authorities and the tv channel itself, blame israeli soldiers for the gentlest death. israel said both soldiers, unpolished, any militants were firing at the time, and called for a joint investigation

well, my guest today is latvia's prime minister, kristjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia?rime minister kristjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that war raised the level of fear to new heights? what the war has done has raised the level of mobilisation. so the first effect was the mobilisation from the grassroots, people rallying to the support of ukraine citizens, ordinary people coming together, asking, "what can we do to help ukraine?" and we've had a mass outpouring of... we have communities making camouflage nets, we have people providing medications, companies donating all sorts of vehicles, donating all sorts of humanitarian aid, blankets, you name it, that has been going on. people donating cash — and not very wealthy people, ordinary people. so we've had a massive mobilisation of society, because we here in latvia very well understand that the ukrainians are, in a sense, fighting our war. they are fighting against russian imperialism. right now, it happens to be

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janis borda bordens minister of justice of latvia of the republic of latvia i hope to hear him now butswitch to the russian language because i hope that your vlad at least this language is still remembered by someone hello mistress yanis good evening good evening ukraine thank you for finding time on sunday, i will tell you honestly that we are all, well, i definitely follow the russian mass media, namely topics that they call themselves and that everyone calls liberal, but i find a lot of strange things in particular i will now speak and give a speech. how do you understand the rain from the water television, which is under the fire of criticism and not for the first time already in latvia? so er edifyingly inserted questions about what you are doing correctly what are you removing monuments and is it good or bad and what would it look like from the outside well yes journalists question but because we are both of you and you know what russia is and i know what russia is i know you questions which are not really questions, but this is my emotion, but your reason, mr. minister, so that