Police officers in Riga. Archive photoMOSCOW, Aug 24After the demolition of the monument to the Liberators of Riga, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Latvia demanded that Latvia stop police brutality and persecution for political reasons.»We demand from the Latvian authorities to stop police brutality and persecution for political and ideological reasons ordinary residents of the republic who openly express their opinion,» the embassy said on Facebook*. The Latvian authorities began to demolish the monument to the Liberators of Riga on August 23, on the same day protests began in the capital against the demolition of the monument. The Latvian police informed that they detained 14 people at the monument to the Liberators of Riga in Victory Park, 14 cases of administrative offenses were initiated. On Wednesday, the dismantling of the monument to the Liberators of Riga in the Latvian capital resumed. *Meta activity (social networks Facebook, Instagram) is banned in Russia as extremist structures assess the demolition of the monument to the Liberators of Riga
