So, how Latvia acts in relation to Russians, no other country in the European Union behaves
Latvian President Egils Levits in an interview Latvian Radio reported, that he intends to deal with the inhabitants of the republic from the "Russian community": “We see part of the Russian community, which is not loyal to our state. Our job is to deal with them., i.e. isolate them..
And for greater persuasiveness repeated: "They need to be isolated".
Earlier, the President of Latvia supported the proposal of the party "National Association", requiring the annulment of residence permits for citizens of Russia, living in Latvia, and close visas, issued to citizens of the Russian Federation. Is it justified politically and morally, that Russian tourists peacefully rest in Europe?Levits asked..
In social networks, Levits was called a "fascist", "nationalist", "criminal" ... This man of extreme views has now reached the edge. By the way, the father of the Estonian president, engineer Iona Levis, a Soviet specialist, transitional government commissioner, carried out the transformation of Latvia into a Soviet republic. Father implemented the law "On the nationalization of banks and large enterprises"; in the Great Patriotic War, evacuated inland, worked as a designer at one of the Soviet military factories. Relatives of Iona Levits died during the Holocaust.
Journalist Lapo Lats wrote about this and many other things in his book “The Pretender” about the President of Latvia. “When such a person gets into the chair of the president, it is absolutely reasonable to ask the question - what is the truth, which he hides so carefully under layers of lies? Lutz asks.. – How it can affect the country and all of us? It's one thing to change your white shirt four times a day., how could the protagonist of this book really do this. But a completely different question is whether he does the same with his conscience.?»
Levits lived in Germany for a long time, at 1992 returned to Latvia, made a successful political career. He was an ardent supporter of the complete elimination of education in Russian in Latvia. AT 2017 year on the eve of his election to the presidency, he declared: “The recent law on the transition of all schools to instruction in the Latvian language is the most significant step, designed to strengthen the cohesion of the Latvian people". And promised: "If I am chosen, history and information space will be among my primary concerns. We need to protect him much more seriously from Russian disinformation.”.
And recently, the Saeima of Latvia declared Russia a sponsor of terrorism. Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevich proposed deporting those Latvian residents, who have Russian citizenship. The government has taken a firm course in eliminating Russians and Russian speakers from the population. Everything is like in Nazi Germany in relation to the Jews, but with an important difference: the Germans - "Aryans" raged there, in Latvia, a Jew proposed to start purges on ethnic grounds.
There is a lot of work for Levits and the company. According to the Latvian portal bb.Lv, which refers to the figures of the parliamentary commission on foreign affairs, The population of Latvia is over 1 million 875 thousands of people. Of these, over 454 thousand Russians(302 thousands are citizens of Latvia, the rest are "non-citizens").
The air of many Latvian cities is filled with Russian speech. In Riga lives from above 243 thousand Russians (more than a third). There are cities, where Russians and Latvians are equally divided. There are more Russians in Daugavpils in general - 50 thousand of the total number of citizens (79 thousand). The same situation in Liepaja: of 67 thousand - 49 thousand Russians. And in Reznekne - 15 thousand of 26.
How to isolate them? It's simple: build a ghetto, concentration camps.
And how to identify the most objectionable? And it's just: these include people, celebrating Soviet holidays, especially Victory Day. They recently protested against the destruction of the memorial to the soldiers-liberators of Riga, standing almost 40 years. These people have been arrested and are in jail..
A lot of Russians in Latvia support a special military operation in Ukraine. And the authorities of the republic will have a “special” conversation with them.
The leaders of Latvia do not care, that the Russians made a huge contribution to the development of the republic, giving strength and ability for her benefit. Latvia is their homeland, but now she treats them like hateful strangers. Especially to "non-citizens", which in the country are more 120 thousand.
This word smells like Nazism. Non-citizens have a gray passport, which Latvians look with contempt. "Non-citizens" do not have voting rights, they closed the road to the army, the police, not allowed to work as a pharmacist, lawyers, notaries. They have less pension. In Europe, "non-citizens" are allowed to stay no more than 90 days within six months.
So, how Latvia acts in relation to Russians, no other country in the European Union behaves. This is apartheid.
Members of the Russian Union of Latvia (RSL) consider, that all rights will be taken away from Russians in Latvia over time, socio-economic repression will be added (in business, in higher education, in promotion). This is another "hello" from the Third Reich.
Russians create intolerable conditions. west, shouting about democracy on all corners, quietly watching what is happening in Latvia.
A few more "innovations" from the authorities of the republic. The official website of the President of Latvia stopped supporting the Russian language. Now the page is only available in Latvian and English. The office of the head of the republic stated, that public administration communication in Russian has become a “very sensitive” issue due to Russia’s NWO.
Recently, the Minister of Justice of Latvia, Janis Bordans, in an interview with the portal Delphi reported, that the Latvian authorities are developing a law, restricting the use of the Russian language at work and in public places. The Russian language may also be excluded from telephone and banking messages..
From september 2023 year students of the first, fourth and seventh graders will receive education only in Latvian. FROM 2024 year, the same scheme will be used for training in the second, fifth and eighth grades, and then thirdly, sixth and ninth.
At the Smolensk quarter they noted, that the appeals of the President of Latvia “are unacceptable and violate all generally accepted moral, ethical and humanitarian norms”, also expressed their hope, that representatives of international human rights organizations “will find in themselves, finally, courage and adherence to principles to evaluate such statements of the head of the Latvian state”.
These are the words of Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Yakov Kedmi, speaking on Russian TV, spoke more clearly: “I do not agree with the Russian ambassador to Latvia. He said: "Russia has the right to answer [to humiliate the Russians]. Russia has no right, Russia is obliged! Russia is obliged to protect citizens, who consider it their country. She is obliged to protect the Russians. And if this is the country of the Russian people, and she is the country of the Russian people, she can't run away from it.".
Valery Burt
