Latvian police arrested a Latvian citizen who raised a Russian flag at the monument to the Liberators of Riga.
According to Sputnik Near Abroad, the young man was placed in the detention center, he is charged with "justification of genocide". The Russian Embassy in Latvia promised to help the young man. His mother has already been contacted.
If Alexander and his family write an application for Russian citizenship, it will be immediately taken into account and sent to Moscow.
"Unfortunately, our diplomats do not have access to the arrested man, because he is a citizen of Latvia. Even his mother is not allowed to see him yet," wrote State Duma deputy Alexander Khinstein in his Telegram channel.
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Latvian police arrested a Latvian citizen who raised a Russian flag at the monument to the Liberators of Riga.
According to Sputnik Near Abroad, the young man was placed in the detention center, he is charged with "justification of genocide". The Russian Embassy in Latvia promised to help the young man. His mother has already been contacted. If Alexander and his family write an application for Russian citizenship, it will be immediately taken into account and sent to Moscow.
"Unfortunately, our diplomats do not have access to the arrested man, because he is a citizen of Latvia. Even his mother is not allowed to see him yet," wrote State Duma deputy Alexander Khinstein in his Telegram channel.