Memorial complex «Monument to the soldiers of the Soviet Army — the liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from Nazi invaders» in Riga. Archive photoSt. PETERSBURG, May 12. Residents of the Pskov region held a rally in defense of the monument to the Liberators of Riga, laying flowers at a banner with the image of this monument near the Latvian consulate in Pskov, the regional administration reports.»May 12 in Pskov, an action was held in defense of the memorial to the soldiers-liberators in Riga … Pskovites, in solidarity with the residents of Riga, who laid flowers at the monument on May 9, brought bouquets to the Consulate of Latvia in Pskov and laid them at the banner with the image of the monument to the soldiers-liberators, «- inform the authorities of the Pskov region on their official page on the social network «VKontakte». on the suspension of the clause of the intergovernmental agreement with Russia on the protection of monuments to Soviet soldiers in the country, which will allow the dismantling of the monument to the Liberators of Ri gi.On Wednesday it became known that the police closed access to the monument to the Liberators of Riga located in the Riga Victory Park. The day before, the municipal services removed the flowers laid on May 9 at the monument to the Liberators of Riga with a tractor. Later, the inhabitants of the city again began to bring flowers to the monument.
