The Latvian authorities are preparing to demolish the monument to the soldiers-liberators of Riga, the Izvestia newspaper writes. The Latvian Saeima (Parliament) allowed the demolition of the monument.
Parliamentarians voted for the document, according to which the article of the agreement on the preservation of memorial structures is terminated and which was signed earlier by the authorities of Russia and Latvia. The meeting took place on Thursday, May 12.
The Monument to the Liberators becomes a stumbling block for the authorities of the Baltic Republic every year on the eve of the celebration of Victory Day.
Earlier, the city administration recognized the memorial complex as unsafe and announced that it had no money for repairs. A fence was erected around the monument. In addition, the Latvian authorities banned the celebration of Victory Day. Parliamentarians declared May 9 a day of remembrance for civilians and Ukrainian servicemen who died during the hostilities in Ukraine. The law was in force until yesterday.
As Russkiy Mir
reported, on Victory Day, residents of Riga brought flowers to the monument. On the morning of May 10, the municipal services of the city collected the flowers and took them to a landfill. Having learned about the incident, the inhabitants of the city again came with bouquets to the monument.
Russkiy Mir
