yes, we will continue to discuss this with the ambassador of the russian federation to latvia, mikhail vaninhe is in touch with us. mikhail valentinovich, we greet you, good afternoon. good afternoon. i understand correctly that now people continue to be on duty just at the monument, but access to it, uh, the authorities have limited. yes, access to it is now limited. i want to start. that's why the authorities of latvia, long before this great holiday, took unprecedented steps in order to spoil it. us his celebration. firstly, new legislation was adopted, which banned not only the use of st. george ribbons, but also any russian soviet symbols. the legislation forbade the holding of any events in the areas of soviet military burials. a huge company of business departments of latvia turned around to psychologically indoctrinate the population of people, intimidated, exhorted, literally demanded not come on this day to the graves to the monuments of soviet soldiers. a broad campaign was launched under the leadership of radical nationalists to demolish russian memorial monuments. what did they

e on direct communication mikhail valentinovich vanin mikhail enisentievich.r taking the time to chat with us. uh, i understand that the last document that guaranteed, at least on paper, the safety of soviet monuments. e, everything, destroyed by the seimas of latvia and now e to the authorities of this nothing prevents the country from demolishing the monument to which people were brought flowers even uh, despite these police provocations. eugene so hastily the latvian parliament today , in two readings, it decided to refuse to comply with article 13 of this agreement, which provided for the preservation of these memorials, their care for them. this means that soon. this decision of the parliament will go to the signature of the president. there 's no doubt that the president tab left him will sign and the city authorities will execute this law. this decision causes us extreme indignation. of course, we sent a note of protest to the latvian ministry of foreign affairs, in which we explained that the agreement signed in 1994 between the two countries was gross

caused by fear, says russian ambassador to riga mikhail vanin here is how he commented on this situationn an interview with our colleagues from the program. fifth string legislation. the body of holding any events in the areas of soviet military graves a huge company of business departments of latvia turned around to psychologically indoctrinate the population, people were intimidated, literally demanded not to come that day to the graves to the monuments of soviet soldiers. a broad campaign was launched under the leadership of radical nationalists to demolish russian memorial monuments. what did they get in response to the monument the liberators of riga was literally surrounded by an ocean of flowers and burning candles, and it was this picture that frightened the authorities, who were early in the morning on may 10. cowardly petty and very stupidly tried to get rid of these traces of mass unprecedented huge support for the symbols of gratitude of the inhabitants of riga to the soldiers, the liberator of the ministry of internal affairs of russia put on the wanted list a former partici

thanks to mikhail vanin, the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of russia to the republic ofrect contact with us , look what we heard. uh, so at first olesya said about e about, as you said, the fight against monuments escalated after the may 9 victory day - said olesya right. but this please note. after all, every medal, so to speak, has a reverse side for whom victory day is not a new thought, but very important for whom victory day for whom defeat day is the first thought, the second thought, which means that the deputies of the latvian seimas unilaterally broke in fact. here is this vote between the state. e agreement about including not only this monument. in general, i unilaterally broke off interstate agreements of all monuments, the second fact is further paragraph three zero tolerance beating beating of those who come out those who come out to exercise their democratic right to the rally. you understand what it's like to protest against something, zero tolerance, beating in the most cruel way, mikhail valentinovich, you understand, he said it carefully, delicately as

the ambassador of our country, mikhail vanin, reported a large number of applications to the diplomatic mission. according to him, russophobia has reached. it's on an unprecedented scale. so on may 9, dozens of people with portraits were detained, who fought the ancestors of the activity of the townspeople, who decided to pay tribute to the memory of the liberators of the city from the nazis. the authorities of riga frightened them so much that they closed access to the military memorial, but this did not stop the descendants of the heroes . on victory day, residents of riga walked to the monument to the soldiers of the liberators with flowers, the next morning, by order of the head of the ministry of internal affairs, a bulldozer came here and raked all the flowers into a garbage truck, but the indignant townspeople returned to the monument with new bouquets in the evening. laid out 77 rows of flowers. in honor of the 77th anniversary of the victory, memorial candles were lit. flowers again. again, not indifferent people. i'm thinking of all our bulldozer flowers. they do not have enou

ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the russian federation to the republic of latvia, mikhail vanined in general what the policy of this zero tolerance. well, zero tolerance means that they will use force to any extent that they consider possible. i must say that this is not only a statement by the minister of the interior of latvia, golubeva, and deputies also speak out on this matter. moreover, they say such things that but to disperse the demonstrators and people who came 9-10. may, in general. it would be necessary to attract military reservists, that is, we are talking about the fact that e police acted. eh, weak. it was necessary to disperse these people with a forged boot and butt, who came to the monuments on may 9-10 and i think that on the town hall square, if people come out, the rally is unauthorized by the authorities, if people come out , brutal force will be used. well, as for the town hall square, which the ambassador mentioned. uh, we now have the opportunity to see, uh, live, what is happening there now? yes, this is the same place. yes, there is a police, who is h

mikhail vanin, ambassador of the russian federation to the republic of latvia, was in direct contact with us, of course, it's worth it. uh pay further attention. we will pay attention to this. thank you for your attention too. dmitry thank you and your let's remind the interlocutor my colleague dmitrievichugarev discussed the situation around the monument to the soldiers of the liberators in riga with a guest in the studio. well, now we continue, the issue on how to simplify the work of small enterprises in terms of tax reporting, but at the same time maintain pension guarantees for employees, said the deputy head of the federal tax service of russia dmitry satin in an interview with our tax program. this tax program i am larisa katysheva. hello, small business needs support from the state in this situation, including fiscal and in the next issues we will discuss in detail the tax support measures developed in the last two months. but today we will talk about a solution that was conceived a year ago after consultations with entrepreneurs. a solution designed for micro businesses that

alexander stefanov will be provided by the russian embassy in latvia, our method was reported by mikhail vanin in on the air of the first in the time will show program, the diplomat left no doubt that the monument to the liberators of the league in victory park was still being dismantled, and in this case the ambassador noted that the monument should be brought to russia in order to preserve the memory of the feat of soviet soldiers. sergei lavrov spoke today about the russophobic policy of the western countries, he commented on the situation in lithuania and latvia where monuments to soviet soldiers are being demolished and desecrated, it is easy to suspect our lithuanian colleagues that they have some kind of long-term strategy. they perform the role of, uh, the constant irritant of the most aggressive russophobic part of both nato and the european union is what they are doing with monuments and with others, and issues that are directly uh regulated by the existing, acting instead of government agreements defy any reasonable explanation, except for russophobia, and besides the absolute obliv

republics to mikhail valentinovich vanin mikhail valentinovich hello, thank you for taking part in ourorning. good morning. here. and here's the question i wanted to ask, he was not at all diplomatic in nature. e mikhaila gennadievich but for the analysis for the russian flag, in fact, just for the fact of the presence of the russian flag on the streets of riga means a guy arrested there preparing to be charged. and is there a chance that he will be imprisoned? why, and how , why is it possible for us at all? some kind of relationship with this kind. sorry republic, i repeat. i understand that you are a diplomat of the verse. no, why do you think the latvian embassy is worth and continues to function with us. why is our embassy in riga still functioning as a fur coat? we know how painful it is to look at all this, please. dear friends, i would like to first say that about how. on may 9, i and my fellow diplomats were at the monument to the liberators in latvia and riga, we laid flowers, as it was accepted, and there was an absolutely peaceful calm atmosphere. monument, tens of thousand