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Nazi SS veterans hold an annual march in Latvia. Here’s how one woman is fighting back.
Hundreds of nationalist activists march or wave Latvian flags from the sidelines under heavy police protection. Since its advent in the 1990s as a grassroots initiative, the event has prompted ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency6y
Hundreds march with Nazi SS veterans in Latvia
A handful of veterans, flanked by hundreds of supporters waving Latvian flags, gathered around Freedom Monument for the march under heavy police guard. The march in Latvia, a member of the NATO ...
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Minsk opens criminal case against Riga Mayor, Latvian top diplomat over flag incident
On May 24, the Latvian top diplomat Edgars Rinkevics and the mayor of Riga Martins Stakis, reacting to this incident, personally replaced the Belarusian national flag with the white, red and white ...
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Russian state flags’ removal in Riga speaks for Latvia’s Russophobic campaign - Zakharova
TASS/. The decision of the municipal authorities of Riga to swap the Russian state flags around Latvia’s capital with those of the Russian Olympic Committee during the 2021 Ice Hockey World ...