Street in Old Riga. Archival photo MOSCOW, May 18. The Riga City Council has decided to rename the Moscow Garden into Latgale Park, according to the Delfi portal. It is noted that the Moscow Garden is a park in Riga, located at the corner of Maskavas and Balvu streets. The park was founded in the late 30s of the last century and was first known as Latgale Garden. at the monument to the liberators»Today, May 18, the Riga City Council decided to rename the Moscow Garden to Latgale Park,» the portal says. As the portal writes, in connection with the situation in Ukraine, many Latvian municipalities are making decisions to change the names of streets and objects, associated with Russia and the USSR. In April, it was reported that the Latvian food manufacturer Cesvaines piens, amid the situation in Ukraine, decided to rename «Russian» cheese to «Tilsiter». .jpg» />Latvia will terminate the agreement on cooperation with Russia in the field of cultureRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
