Demolition of the monument to the Liberators in the village of Madliena, Latvia. File photoMOSCOW, April 30Moscow is outraged by the demolition of the monument to the soldiers of the Soviet Army in Latvia, such actions have a negative impact on Russian-Latvian relations, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. «Outraged by the egregious incident with the demolition of the memorial sign in Madliena, Ogre region. At the same time, the fact that such phenomena are becoming systemic in Latvia is of particular concern,» Zakharova said in a statement on the department's website. According to her, in conditions when the Latvian authorities openly support neo-Nazism in Ukraine, all the followers of those who, during the years of World War II, instead of fighting fascism, took the side of Nazi Germany, began to behave more boldly. mass graves soldiers on the territory of the republic. «Obviously, this savage, unjustified trick will have an extremely negative impact on the entire range of Russian-Latvian relations, including the memorial activities of Latvia on the territory of Russia,» Zakharova added.
The Foreign Ministry condemned the adoption of amendments to the citizenship law in Latvia
