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The leader of the Russian Union of Latvia (RUL) Tatyana Zhdanok, on Tuesday, April 2, handed over to the parliament of the country a petition aimed at protecting monuments to the fighters against fascism. The document calls on the Latvian parliamentarians to prepare a draft law on the protection of monuments and memorials. According to Zhdanok, who is the author of the petition, it is necessary to include a section on monuments to the winners of nazism in it.
Previously it took only three days for the RUL to collect ten thousand votes in defense of the monument to the soldiers who liberated Riga. According to Zhdanok, a similar result was achieved because the topic touched the hearts of all who respected the memory of the victims of the war and the soldiers who defeated nazism. The politician called it very important that the signatures were collected before the beginning of the discussion in the parliament of the petition of nationalists.
Zhdanok noted that today Saeima would begin to consider the proposition to demolish the monument to the Soldiers-liberators of Riga. The politician stressed that calls for the demolition of monuments to those who liberated Latvia from the fascist invaders became more frequent. These speeches, she is convinced, contribute to the split of society. They also pose a threat to the unity of Europe in its celebration of the fighters against nazism. Latvia should be united with the rest of Europe and guarantee by law the preservation of monuments to the victors of nazism, Zhdanok stressed.
“The initiative to dismantle the monument to the liberators of Latvia and Riga from the nazi invaders collected the necessary 10,000 signatures in a year and a half,” notes Zhdanok. “Our proposal to protect this and other monuments collected 20,000 votes for an incomplete week, and without any special advertising campaign. This proves how sensitive the issue is around the Victory Monument. ” The politician expressed the hope that the legislators would take into account the strong reaction of people to the idea of dismantling the monument and would not allow the aggravation of civil confrontation.
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