among the residents of latvia, mr.ous not only for his american citizenship, but also for his financial status, this foundation was laid by his grandfather, vilhelm narinzh. he owned a fish shop in the central market of the region. vilhelm invested the money he earned from trading lassassina in shares of the newly emerging but very promising film distribution company atrium and became a co-owner of the peo nigeris cinema, but at the end of the second world war in 1944, narenzh and his family left for sweden, where his daughter, cree's mother. the girl met the same uldis karinsh, who fled from the offensive of the red army, and married him; from sweden, both families moved to the usa, where the future head of the latvian foreign ministry was born in 1964, studied at a provincial school, where he and his sister were the only latvians, but in dellovere's latvian society, where his parents were activists, there were many of these. we demonstrated in philadelphia at the liberty bell against the occupation of the baltic coun

, yeah, in public administration in latvia 63,400 people work in latvia, great, such a huge state, withy branch, he’s an excellent person, very honest. mazovka, comrade mazovka, and it was a wild surprise for me that in the mingur executive committee people work for free, that is, he says, well, it’s like, well , it’s considered a social burden, it’s not work, it’s a serious load, but it’s not paid, but it’s not is paid, but i seriously doubt that if in latvia you tell deputies that guys, you work for the good of society, but for free, yes, they will all run. but i cannot join the party yet, since i am not a citizen of the republic of belarus, i am not a citizen of the russian federation, but there is an opportunity, there was an opportunity to join a public organization, and there i mostly do propaganda, we go to different places in general organizations and tell them that life is a little different, life is there as we are told. what should we look up to, as if we should, i say that not everything is so simple, and there are problems, these problems i describe it, and it is much easie

, too, latvia is preparing airfields where nato landings can be received. and latvia is preparing, well, all the infrastructure that is needed, well, to, to, our allies had the opportunity to help us, and they are also preparing weapons, the armed forces of latvia are also preparing. before that, and for example , once in more peaceful times, the latvian army was, well, it operated on a contract basis, and now, now latvia has resumed conscription, that is, that is... eh, young guys of the appropriate age should train eh, so that eh if we were able to resist russian aggression, we understand that this is exactly what should be happening now in all countries that understand that russia is a threat. quite real, we also know that events are taking place in latvia on a slightly different level, the process of deportation of almost 1,000 citizens of the russian federation has begun, who do not comply with immigration legislation, do not fulfill the requirements set out in the law, and of course that in russia is very indignant about this, how come, please tell me a little more, this is such a

well, latvia... we are talking about the americans.sh, the french and, of course, the germans, who won't even give their taurus long—range missiles to the ukrainians. but those key countries, as yet, have not lifted constraints upon use of their long—range missiles. well... what do you say to the ukrainians when they say, "we have to get this authorisation"? absolutely, what we say to ukrainians is, first of all, not only say we supply ukrainians with equipment and also with drones, which have reach as well. at the same time, of course, what we say that we will do all our best also to convince our partners, to advocate that exactly — that all weaponry, all equipment could and should be used also against aggressor country and territory in self—defence of ukraine. and on that basis, minister, i have to be frank with you — you are failing. your persuasive efforts are not working with your allies, in particular the americans. why not? no, i don't think so that we are failing. of course, it's a continuous process. we have to take into accou

i can probably introduce myself, yes, i am daniel, a citizen of latvia, also a taxpayer in my country. tell your story, the girls invited me to the vivo braslav concert, which happens here every year, as i understand, i had never been there, so i decided to visit and take the girls, so that they wouldn’t go together, as a support to go as men with them, to take them behind the wheel , so we decided to visit in general this festival of vivo braslav, is this your first visit to belarus, no, not the first, i’ve probably already been here about twenty times for sure... we are from minsk mainly as tourists or guests , we went to someone in general on july 26 through the point grigorovshchina passes entered belarus four citizens of latvia: young people, three girls one guy, daniel, polina, anastasia and vladlena, were traveling to a music festival in braslav. during the border crossing, a grand control employee found a small package in the car inspection cabin. and what kind of package do you have here? who? here is the package. service dog positive, she smelled the dog handler called to th

the sphere of soviet interests also included estonia, latvia and bessarabia. the germans were to retain control over western poland and lithuania. ripentrop was strongly impressed by how stalin conducted the negotiations. stalin did not just sign treaty, germany's agreement that we would sign treaties, not attacks. later, stalin would give his own assessment of the treaty with hitler. this would happen on july 3 , 1941, during the days when germany would attack the soviet union. in his radio speech , stalin would say: ask how it could happen that the soviet government would sign a pact during an attack with such people and izmergs as hitler and. people: was there a mistake on the part of the soviet government here? of course not, there is a non-aggression pact, a peace pact between the two states, it was precisely such a pact that germany proposed to us in 1939, could the soviet government refuse such a proposal, i think that... no peace-loving state can refuse a peace agreement with neighboring powers, if even such monsters and cannibals as hitler or ventrof

well, my guest is latvia's defence minister, andris spruds.h the stakes rising, what can ukraine expect from its friends? andris spruds, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a pleasure to have you. now you are defence minister in a baltic nation, which is one of ukraine's strongest supporters inside the eu and nato. so what do you make of ukraine's risky gambit, this offensive inside russian territory? it was just recently in ukraine, and what i see in ukraine, it's a resolve. it's a determination. it's a resilience. it's a willingness also to take initiative. and what we've seen right now is that ukraine is in a position to take this initiative, that it shows also that the war, of course, is a war of wills, the war of the mindsets. and here, we can see that ukraine also shows and proves that russia has its vulnerabilities. but did you, in kyiv, also get a sense of deep ukrainian frustration with its allies? because it's become clear in the last couple of weeks that ukraine didn't feel able to share any information about this su

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

latvia does not _ aggressor territory. latvia does not provide - aggressor territory. - aggressor territory. latvia . does not provide the missiles which could strike deep inside russia. we're talking about the and the british, the french, and the british, the french, and the british, the french, and the germans who will not even give their tourists long—range missiles to the ukrainians. these key countries have not lifted constraints upon use of their long—range missiles. what do you say to the ukrainians when they see we have to get this authorisation? absolutely what we say to them is not only do we supply ukrainians with equipment and drones which have a reach as well and at the same time what well and at the same time what we see that we will do to convince our partners to advocate, all weaponry, all equipment could and should be using is the aggressor country in self—defence. fin using is the aggressor country in self-defence.— in self-defence. on that basis i have to _ in self-defence. on that basis i have to be — in self-defence. on that basis i have to be frank

alex, nice to see you and happy holiday, how big is this holiday for latvia? is quite a big holiday, and now there is already such a tradition, there is that it is called the white holiday. tinny, that is, that is, there is a tradition to use white, if so, more festive, tablecloth, on this, on this holiday, and this is the holiday of the restoration of independence latvia, i, i was then, on the fourth of may 1990, i was a deputy. a newly elected deputy of the supreme council of latvia, and it was the second day of work of the new, new supreme council, and on the second day we voted for this declaration of restoration of independence, very important for us. it should also be that latvia was already independent for 20 years between the wars, interwars, and we, independently. restored, i.e. if we were to return to the latvia that already was, i.e. we were to return as, which, which we already had, and it was taken away from us, i am not you, how is it, no, i do not know. and how is it because of the occupation, that is, in the 40th year , the soviet union, that i

there, which i i just have from trips to latvia as a child, i don't believe that a person who lives do this, i don't believe, this is a position, this person just wanted to continue living the way he lives, to believe that our migs will sit down in russians , as they like to say, here are such people, and here... as a result, after the transition period , she was forced to leave the republic of latvia, well, it is such a thing, i think that russia will simply promote it as proof that it is a fortress, which is surrounded by enemies, and these enemies are still tormenting and persecuting the russian language population and russian citizens, you know that now russia is generally developing a... mandatory form of consular registration for its citizens abroad. there will be a change in the legislation, you will be obliged to be registered. and report all your data to the embassy of the russian federation in different countries, i don't know how they will ensure this, but there may be some measures of responsibility, let's say, in case you want to return, well, you will just be arrested

you are you concerned similar terms are under way in latvia?— under way in latvia?, as _ under way in latvia? you know, i think my country, as well- under way in latvia? you know, i | think my country, as well as other baltic states, are being under continuous russian pressure, even before the full—scale war started in 2022 or even before the crimea occupation into any ia. we were always under some kind of propaganda warfare, undersome always under some kind of propaganda warfare, under some kind of attempts to meddle in our internal politics, and to some extent, yes, there is always concern. we are rather... the intelligence, with social media, that kind of influence meddling is changing, but i would say that so far, we have been able to tackle some of those attempts to influence our internal politics, but i would say that we always have to be very, very cautious when you speak about ability of russia to cause some trouble. ., ., , , ability of russia to cause some trouble. . . . , . , ~ trouble. yeah, as they did last week in estonia. trouble. yeah, as they did la

myroslava gongadze, voice of america, riga, latvia.occupation bench, project of kharkiv volunteers merim yol and natalia artyushenko to help villagers in the region. due to the occupation of villages and mined fields that remained after the russians were pushed out of the region, many local residents cannot cultivate the land and... therefore, kharkiv volunteers buy 100% of their vegetable garden from them and sell it in kharkiv. as this project is working, anna kostyuchenko and pavel sukhodolsky learned. these tomatoes, onions and melons are fresh from the beds in the kharkiv region, says volunteer maryam yol. we have our own bench, and we sell vegetables here, that is , anyone who wants to can come and buy fresh vegetables from izomsk, and not only from the district. 30-year-old miryam yol was born and studied in kharkiv, has turkish roots on her father's side. before the war, they were engaged in the production of advertising for 5 years. at first before the invasion of russia, maryam was engaged exclusively in volunteering. in apri

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

citizens of latvia came to belarus for a music festival, but ended up in jail. very, by the way, for them, on the social network x, a certain resident of latvia talks about the detention of four of her friends. the video is accompanied by captions, this is how life can turn upside down. be careful and take care myself. another user posts this entry with the comment: we went to belarus for a party and are now shedding crocodile tears. next time to north korea. in general, nothing is really clear yet, but the verdicts have been made. belarus has once again been branded a prison of nations and a dictatorship. now a question, first of all, to the latvian media and take it off, as well as to the latvian foreign ministry, to which they refer. why aggravate the situation, invent something that doesn’t exist or don’t care about these young people, a beautiful headline is more important. evgeny gorin tried to understand the situation. so, on july 26, four latvian citizens entered belarus through the grigorovshchina checkpoint. we were going to a music festival in braslav

olga, you have been in belarus for several days now, tell us why you had to leave latvia? due to the fact that i could have been sent to prison, and i have a small child, and i can no longer afford this, they wrote an article about me. that the special services were dealing with me, they were already dealing with me, they warned me, therefore, that is, the fact that they were, well, they started to deal with me officially, it was already serious, and after a couple of days they banned me from tiktok completely, well, as always, without any explanations, that is, if it were tiktok, yeah, then there are always warnings, there you break such and such rules there, and so on and so on, that is, it happened more than once, then he just disappeared. offered to nominate me for the european parliament, well, my first reaction: i’m not qualified, i’m not a politician, he says: you don’t need to be a politician, well, maybe, well, as if any person can run, he says that everything is in place for you, there our values ​​coincide, our views coincide, visions of the whole situation, i’m

story with a person who has already been sent to russia, the head of the association of russia in latvia seems something there was such a thing, and the man was 75 years old, it seems, they hyped it up all day, each quote was presented separately, however, is this russian aggression possible under the pretext of protecting the russian-speaking citizens of latvia, is another aggression possible? and this is not a russian-speaking citizen, this is a citizen of the russian federation? this is not for nothing, and the question always arises here, whether russia should insist that other countries demand that its citizens live on their territory, i do not think that this is exactly an excuse for aggression, it is just russia itself in this regard caught by the tail, because she always defended the russian-speaking. citizens of other states , usually troops were introduced, and when the majority of russian citizens were there, they were there in abkhazia or south ossetia, passports were distributed, but the situation is completely different in latvia, they gave people the opportunity to obtain

what was the key moment because of which you left latvia and left the country? in this much longer than me, have a lot of experience. they all shouted: “olya, olya, olya, olya, olya, you are the one now, quickly, quickly, we need it urgently.” and i say, i called my party leader, he says: “well, he says.” i think that before the elections no one will touch you, because this is election time, if they take you away, this will also give you greater and greater popularity and so on, he says, well, after the elections, well, that is, i had to leave for dobor in time from the country, and i had time, i had time, i did it, the state security service invited you to conversations, in the past, yes, this election? process, yes, at the very beginning, what did they talk to you about, if i may talk about it, they really didn’t like how negatively i imagine latvia in their videos, saying that everything is bad, everything is bad, i generally love my country and i love my homeland, this is my homeland and so on, yes, that is, it really hurts me, now for a second that you had

the speaker of the parliament of latvia paid a friendly visit. her country has been a true friend and partner of ukraine since the beginning of the great war. the speaker visited not only the capital, but also chernihiv oblast, which was partially visited last year survived the occupation. kateryna halko will tell more. the speaker of the diet of latvia, ms. daiga mierinja, made her first official visit to ukraine. in addition to the capital, she also visited chernihiv oblast in the region. with which her country cooperates fruitfully and helps with all its efforts to restore, a region that the russians tried to capture and destroy at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. life was 30 years here, then it suddenly disappeared, disappeared, and human life was lost here, and material goods, so we did not expect it, but thank you for telling us, that there is such a country that can help. this... ms. olena, a resident of yagidny, 18 km south of chernigov, her husband died at the hands of the occupiers, and the house was destroyed by russian shells

it is your fate that now you are a citizen of latvia and you are running for the european parliament,m not a citizen of latvia, i am a resident, moreover, this is such a mistake, yes, let's say, i am, in 2007 i received a maastricht scholarship for european studies and international relations, and in this way after that, well, after studying for a master's degree... i applied to the european commission for an internship and by some miracle in this very small percentage that was given to non-eu citizens, i got into an internship, an internship, and then somehow era was already developing and working mainly in the field of communications, but in projects that provided assistance to ukraine, as well as in this block of the eastern partnership there, so i traveled a lot, and actually... i was also in kyiv in 2014-15 , when there was a project, for example, the eastern partnership, i was, i moved to kyiv, so uh, and then i came back again for another project, which was an office in brussels, and this is more, let's say , a professional career than some such assignment to one place, uh, but

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boris will go to kaliningrad to his native land. a pensioner expelled from latvia spoke about his plansr media called what happened an attempt to intimidate russian speakers. a massive strike on military targets in ukraine, the ministry of defense reported details and our report on a unique operation at the vishnevsky hospital, surgeons saved a soldier whose bullet was stuck in his heart. us authorities are persistent in noticing the death in a ukrainian prison of gonsal lira. the american journalist lived in kiev and exposed the atrocities of the zelensky regime. for which he was arrested and killed behind bars. 70,000 meters - the largest fire in the history of russian retail trade in st. petersburg, a huge warehouse burned down wildberries company. as of this moment , there were no casualties, while at the time of the fire there were 1,200 employees at their workplaces, all of them were evacuated. the operational services of the utas agencies reported that the preliminary cause was a faulty electrical wiring. the fire alarm was turned off at the time of the fire and, as it turned out

the speaker of the diet of latvia, ms. daiga mierinja, is officially speaking for the first time visited ukraine. in addition to the capital, she also visited chernihiv oblast, a region with which her country cooperates fruitfully and is helping to restore it with all its might. the region that the russians tried to capture and destroy at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. this life was 30 years. good, so we did not expect it, but thank you for telling us that there is such a country that can help, this is ms. olena, a resident of yagidnogo, 18 km south of chernihiv, her husband died at the hands of the occupiers, and the house was destroyed by russian shells, he admits, in rebuilding his own accommodation i didn't believe it anymore, but thanks to the help of the latvians, the new home will be so. mrs. daiga, who visited the construction, promised to come again, to stay in the already restored building. and then the delegation of the republic of latvia went to chernihiv to open a day center. the whole city, it is a

such a party from coming to power, to give it the opportunity... to promote russian peace in latvia, to give it the opportunity to continue to leave the semi-colonial state in which latvia was all the time of the soviet occupation, and of the russian imperial party, all latvian parties from liberals to national radicals, they united in a joint coalition, i remembered it from the beginning of the 90s, so i came to my friends who were. representatives of liberal political currents in latvia, and they sat with the ministers at the government meeting together with the party tevzemeon briviboy, fatherland and freedom, it was called, just like the all-ukrainian association of freedom, and it was such a radical national party, i would even say a party of ethnic project, and they don't hid, but what united them with these liberals, they wanted latvian statehood. and of course, there was a dilemma here: either you unite with what they called a national block, or you lose the opportunity to build a civilized state, which means you have to find compromises among yourselves, because latvia is th

from entering latvia.sture at the belarusian-latvian border, a car with belarusian license plates moves towards the paterneiki checkpoint and after some time reverses. latvia didn’t even let me in for a u-turn, discussions say. is not subject to, and such cases only during the first day of the ban ten for entry into the european union from belarus. i, as a law-abiding citizen, taxpayer and citizen of latvia, am extremely outraged by this and do not understand why such actions limit our peoples and instill discord among them. my car does not pose any threat to national security or public order. nikolai, but the man asks not to show his face and is generally not eager to communicate. journalists, but still sincerely without censorship, which is inherent in democratic europe, tells how he, a citizen of latvia, was turned away by the security forces his own state, he says that they didn’t really look at the documents, when they saw the belarusian license plates, they gave a turn, yet it was an individual case,

, latvia, yes, latvia, after the war. we had a big, luxurious banquet, and directors came up to me, bothrom moscow, and i won’t name those from st. petersburg, they invited me, they said, baby, if your fate doesn’t work out, we are waiting for you, petrovna, war is for you - this is not a story from books, not a film, this is really a part of your life, what do you most often remember from that war time? moreover, your father was also a military man, yes, he served in kronshtat, on a submarine, at the beginning of the war it was as if everything had already frozen, frozen, they had such landings on skis, they went out and defended leningrad, in one of these ... he was the commander of this detachment, in one of these throws a german machine gun was firing, he saw that the guys were starting to fall and he closed the image, and what do you remember from that time military? you know, the first thing i remembered was that they were germans, amazingly, i was already four and now... these motorcycles, which i saw for the first time with a sidecar, were sitting on two germans, young with beaut

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

let's talk now about latvia. in russia. propaganda, it is widely believed that all their citizens, or those who belong to the russian world, are subjected to mistreatment. we all know very well that russians living in latvia are not discriminated against, but there is quite a lot. it is a legal requirement to know the national language, and it is the basis of every country. we see that in russia there are no democratic discussions with those who have a different opinion or with those who cannot communicate in russian. well , firstly, russian schools, which had been on the territory of latvia for 250 years in one form or another, were finally closed, you have to name when the schools were closed, and about two years ago ago, there was a lot of discrimination, but what is now the last, what has worsened in the last, then has worsened, well, first of all. from the state, therefore they cannot have an alternative point of view, there are so-called state media in latvia, radio in russian, lsm and so on, in general, in

artis, we are getting information from latvia, from the latvian media, from latvian officials that latviayet is also preparing for a possible war with russia, a shelter is being built, relatively speaking, some fortifications are appearing near the border, in your opinion, is such a threat real, relatively speaking, within the next few years? so far, but i'd be lying to you if i said there's no pe'. across all the border countries, from finland to poland, and of course the baltic countries, but you have to understand, this is correct, we get science from history, we already had it in the 39th, and... 40 years of occupation, we now have to do all right in the event of any war, however hybrid, whatever, god forbid, something happens on our borders, we have to be 100% ready, and this is our role, because the best way to fight back is, let's say, to reject any aggression, discouragement... this is our strength, and we hope that we will be strong, we will not let anyone break our border, and therefore we protect it, and in the worst case scenario, in his case, there will be no war, well, if th

that's who the reno was born and bred in latvia for mother a 2nd world war veteran move to latvia after the war in search of a better life. there are many russian speakers have fond memories of when latvia was part of the soviet union until its sudden collapse changed everything. no coverage given us to what was it like in 1991 and you know, yeah, for me i remember when that it said independence. the no show mostly made what was happening in this. it was a fact so was not much you can say shows that i'm ready. so that's what this is. so nothing changed. left remained the same. so you look up when you mean nothing changed. of course things changed. i lost my job because my university was close down in 91. no, not really. yes. right off to independence. maybe some reserves are pretty. my was finishing up with a very serious couple me in life. and the soviet era was very good. even though the but then came the ninety's when everything was turned upside down you, you weren't moved up of the can, you know, they've been moments when we didn't know how we were going to survive and how we were

russia will attack nato territory in estonia, latvia or lithuania. russia is stuck in its trenches in ukraine. ukraine has successfully pushed the black sea fleet out of its territory, and putin understands that if he starts military operations on nato territory, it will lead him to a state of war with the alliance, which he does not want. when i headed a think tank in tallinn after the russian invasion of ukraine in 2014. we were concerned and studied possible scenarios according to which, how and in the case of crimea, russia could send troops there, hiding the involvement of, say, the same little green men. these are the scenarios where they claim that russia has nothing to do with it. these troops occupy some minor administrative centers, and then putin says: these are russian troops, we captured nato territory. are you ready for a nuclear war to try to free? these unimportant buildings, it is not something that worries me, or something that is outside the scope of an article five response, should russia attack nato territory, which can permanent

for example, government coalitions were built in the republic of latvia for a long time, but when the independence of latvia was proclaimed, it turned out that the russian-speaking population of this country, for the most part, is a russian-ethnic population, but there are many representatives of other nationalities, there are ukrainians, belarusians who came to latvia in the period after its occupation by soviet troops, are also part of this community, they voted, as a rule, for one such large russian party. a conditional russian party, the task of which was to preserve the special relations between latvia and russia, not to let latvia out of the latvian and russian arms, and then, in order to prevent such a party from coming to power , to give it the opportunity to promote russian peace in latvia, to provide she has the opportunity to continue to leave the semi-colonial state in which latvia was during all the times of the soviet and russian imperial occupation, all latvian parties from liberals to national radicals, they united in a joint coalition, i remembered this from the begin

, when the independence of latvia was proclaimed, it turned out that the russian-speaking populationf this country, mostly the russian ethnic population, but also many representatives of other nationalities, such as ukrainians, belarusians who came to latvia after its occupation by soviet troops, are also part of this community, they voted, as a rule for one such big russian... party, conditionally a russian party, whose task was to preserve the special relations between latvia and russia, not to let latvia out of latvian, russian arms, and then to prevent such a party to power, not to give it the opportunity to promote russian peace in latvia, to give it the opportunity to continue to leave the semi-colonial state in which latvia was during all the times of both soviet and russian imperial occupation, all... latvian parties from liberals to national radicals, they united in a joint coalition, i remembered it from the beginning of the 90s, so i came to my friends who were representatives of liberal political currents in latvia, and they sat at the government meeting with ministers to

and we already have a new ride, this is artis pabrix, minister of defense of latvia in 2010-2014. and director of the northern europe policy center, a former member of the european parliament. mr. artis, good evening. let's start with the elections to the european parliament, in which you are participating now, once again , one might say. president of france. macron called on europe to come to its senses now, he said about the efforts of the right-wing forces, which can win the elections to the european parliament, there are many pro-russian politicians among the candidates, you also have, you know that mrs. tetiana zhdanok, who represented the republic of latvia in the european parliament for many years, was kidnapped in cooperation with the federal security service of the russian federation. you and i are not surprised, but the audience is now surprised, of course, what the responsible politicians should do to stop this. populist march match, you know, when you live in a democracy, people can definitely choose their politicians taste and choice, in latvia, we also have quite a lot o

and in the catch-up about latvia, the constitutional court of latvia recognized as legal such a stillesolution, the one that corresponds to the country's constitution, the immigration law, i'm sorry, the norm of the immigration law, which is required. citizens of russia who live on the territory of latvia, but are not considered its citizens and do not want to learn the latvian language at the same time, this norm now allows deportation. of these russians, that's right, but i believe that in latvia, lithuania, and estonia, all these countries that at one time experienced aggression on the part of the soviet in russia, you must have left the car , you are leaving, it is not there, by the way, in ukraine, today my colleagues told me that , in my opinion, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, a russian drove in a russian car, stuck a flag, well, but it can be seen that it is a russian car there, well, in a word, the flag sticker was peeled off that car. the numbers were torn out and thrown away somewhere, well, there is another story, what happened next, she is silent, but this is

as of the 20252026 school year, all children are set to be taught exclusively in latvia. and the shame fuck, i assure you missed it, but almost done with as we've only just begun the transitional things. so i mean, there's still difficulties us to throughout the record, children initially have a bilingual language curriculum and from 5 grade it's all at the end to coordinate them. we're gradually getting used to it. but so far, the transition isn't without its problems seem youth and they've got some parents find it annoying. well, for others, it's not a big deal here and was putting him out of their adapting to the new situation and helping their children do that to you to going forward assignments on the field of, of support to pushes the thoughts just note that i know some families who are saying we're going to leave because we want our kids to preserve the russian language. we want them to be told. and then by the time you know, music you of the i'm putting the money on my boss. he's like, you know, so you're processing the national language is running sides. i think

it's annexation of latvia in the 1940s, the soviet union in ridge to russian migration in order to speed up industrialization in the country. lat, via re gained independence in 1991. but relations between the russians, speaking minority and loudly and majority have been increasingly strange, the tennis slots grew up in a typical soviet era, housing and state. the russian invasion has brought untold suffering to crane and has had an indirect impact on the russian speaking minority in lafayette. about the just the from the, the 24th of february 2022 means above old, deep disappointments thing with the cult of the courageous russian people. in the bravery i associated with my russian roots, they promised us that phone guy had, has, i hope, now being destroyed for as long as a lot. and i'm just the thing that are that are some of them at the more than i, which is good when i had to recognize that the courage i had believed in was just an illusion. after a long period of being a reflection, i concluded that i am lab fee and of russian to send us the letter. so it's a couple of days because th

compulsory military service for women is not ruled out in latvia. the weaker sex may begin to be called up as early as 2028. and the trademark of dictatorship. the arrest of pavel durov in the comments of western journalists. artificial intelligence will not replace a live teacher. it is necessary to attach maximum efforts to raise the authority of the teacher. big. the conversation about the education system took place in minsk, the president took part in the republican song council. the relevant minister andrei ivanets reported to alexander lukashenko on the state of affairs. the head of state asked whether the school had become a temple and urged not to retouch the problems. the president focuses on an honest and frank dialogue in order to feel the nerve of the teachers. a matter of national importance, a matter of the future of our country. everything starts with the teacher. we we live in the most difficult times. i am not talking about the fact that in the south we have. existing large enterprises are required to provide for the organization o

ukraine's state budget of latvia for 2024 provides 5 million euros. glory of ukraine., that's all the news for this hour, stay tuned for more. on our website espresso.tv, as well as on our social networks. join, put your preferences. my colleagues lesya vakolyuk and andriy seichuk are waiting for you on the air. don't switch, stay with espresso. well, dear friends, we are back on the air, continuing our marathon, we will continue as well our roll call, but before i introduce you to our next guest, let's talk about kharkiv, i want to tell you that our collection is ongoing, ongoing, because we need to collect as much as 5 million hryvnias, we currently have 793,949 hryvnias and 41 kopecks. it will almost be 800 thousand, and where there is 800 thousand, there is 1 million. let's set small goals for ourselves, mini-goals, before reaching the big goal of 5 million hryvnias. now you see card numbers on your screens, dear friends, private and mono, to whom is more suitable, please transfer the funds to... to our collection, we are collecting for the 93rd separate mechanized

from coming to power, to give it the opportunity to promote russian peace in latvia, to give it theortunity to continue. .. to leave the semi-colonial state in which latvia was during all the times of soviet, russian, and imperial occupation, all latvian parties, from liberals to national radicals, united in a joint coalition, i remembered this from the beginning of the 90s years old, here i am came to his friends, who were representatives of liberal political currents in latvia, and they sat at the meeting... of the government together with the ministers together with the tevzemen briviboy party, fatherland and freedom, it was called, just like the all-ukrainian association of freedom, and it was such a radical national party, i would even say the party of the ethnic project, and they did not hide it, but what united them with these liberals, they wanted latvian statehood, and of course introduced a dilemma here, or you unite with that , what they called national... lok, or you lose the opportunity to build a civilized statehood, which means you have to find compromises among yours

this is in theory, in practice, for example, in latvia it is very true.n latvia, there, in these, in other baltic republics, when russian people are simply thrown out beyond the cordon, you know, these are very serious things. directly affecting the security of our country. the president instructed the government to submit a proposal by july 1 on the issue of ensuring the rights of compatriots permanently residing abroad and their repatriation in the event of illegal deportation. speech, in in particular, this is what people write about in latvia only on social networks. a russian woman, a disabled person, is literally dragged to an exam in the latvian language, they promise that she will not pass, and will be deported. those who can go on their own, like this sixty-year-old invalid. the rest, they say, will not notice, according to latvian social activists, ideological inspirers, when there is a war between hamas and israel, when we see tension in the united states of america, when genocide occurs against the ukrainian people, absolutely no one in the wo

near the border with latvia in the verkhnedvinsk region , local residents found maryam and came to ap. later, doctors will say, another couple of hours, and the heart would stop beating not only in the fetus, but in maryam herself. today she categorically does not want to remember what happened. the woman was really in an extremely serious condition, in stupor, tachycardia was 150-155, 35 respiration, the tests were extremely bad, that is , leukocytosis 47 when the norm is 10, but 12 in pregnant women, and a decision was made, taking into account that the readiness of labor there were no paths to permission for delivery, through the natural birth canal to surgical delivery, permission to transfer the patient to eb due to her general condition. to all. why do you kill, what are human rights? here i feel human rights in belarus, i really have lived for 35 years, and here the diaspora, afghans, children are provided with funding, even the state provided housing, thanks to the president, thanks to the politics of today, i feel safe, this is peace, this is beauty, said is so emotional , a

, since the economy is the basis for the development of the state, which regarding situation with latviae sanctions regulations that were adopted on june 29, thank you, it directly states that the competent authorities of the european union, specifically the customs service, but in latvia o... it is included in structure is different, this is the ministry of finance, so it is obvious that the competent authority, in this case, perhaps the ministry of finance, has the right to make decisions at its own discretion regarding the entry of vehicles from which citizens of belarus they enter the country to introduce certain... restrictions or there are additional requirements, all this is left to national structures, that is , in fact, this is, well, let’s say, latvia’s initiative, if we look at it this way, because both poland and lithuania are so far so draconian did not take any measures, yes , poland, there is an eighth package of sanctions, they explain it as if yes, yes, the eighth package of sanctions states that the eu country’s import ban includes goods under the product code a eight a

and then he moved to latvia. boris katkov lived in latvia for 57 years, served in the army, and then. engaged in social activities, this week the eighty-two-year-old pensioner was officially declared a threat to national security, the police broke into his home and gave him just an hour to get ready. i worked for 25 years, had no complaints, was not involved in politics at all, suddenly a letter arrives to me, the same as the one sent to them, answering compromising questions about whose crimea, whether you support or not, an elderly man was deported. to russia virtually without trial. boris katkov crossed the border with the pskov region, and from there he flew to kaliningrad. i have many latvians who sympathize , who are worried, who know that such a regime has been established with the permission of western structures, which are suppressing everything, suppressing russian culture, suppressing the russian language, forcing old people to take exams, who go to the store and home, to shop and home. last years. tha

ukraine and latvia agreed on the creation of a coalition of drones during your visit to kyiv.er, many countries joined this coalition. how did this initiative affect ukraine's strategic goals on the battlefield? drones are a very important element on the battlefield in ukraine. we are watching the technological ones. trends, and of course, warfare is becoming more modernized. drones are not a question of the future, they are a question of today. the goal is to support ukraine, to supply ukraine with the equipment it needs, and drones are part of that. it is also a matter of developing one's production, drone production and military production, including to have the opportunity and potential to supply drones to ukraine. voices are appearing among world leaders, including in the west, calling on ukraine to start negotiations with russia. some even talk about a white flag, like a minister. defense of the country nato. what is your response to such voices? well, my answer is very clear: first of all, there should be a flag of yellow and blue . ukraine fights for freedom and contin