🇷🇺🇱🇻 Commentary of the Russian Embassy in Latvia:

"It is with deep indignation that we have received the news about the dismantling of memorials in Daugavpils and on the “Mound of Friendship".

Having grossly ignored the UN Human Rights Committee resolutions and in fact neglected the opinion of hundreds of thousands of residents of their own country, the Latvian ruling elite continues to cynically and defiantly mock the memory of the fallen heroes who saved the Latvians from the total extermination and to demolish to the ground the memorials established in their honor.

The motivation for it presented by the Latvian side looks absolutely awkward – the monuments, they say, represent a symbol of "the Russian aggression in Ukraine and glorification of the totalitarian regimes."

Russia has repeatedly made harsh public assessments of this shameful policy, saturated with savage Russophobia, nationalism and populist slogans. We are convinced that any attempts to justify the destruction of monuments are unacceptable. Such a phenomenon should have no place in the civilized world, regardless of the political conjuncture.

The complete connivance of the Latvia's partners in the European Union, who prefer to turn a blind eye on this both legally and morally criminal policy of Riga, cannot but cause alarm. Unfortunately, such inaction only unties the hands of local nationalists, instilling false confidence in the rightness of their own actions.

We call on the international community, specialized international organizations and reputable human rights NGOs to give a consolidated assessment of these barbaric escapades of the Latvian ruling elite and increase their influence on Riga."

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