The building of the Seimas of Latvia. Photo credit: Sergey Alekseev / commons.wikimedia.org (CC BY 3.0)
Residents of Latvia, who celebrated Victory Day on May 9, are the ''fifth column'' that hates Latvia and Europe. Such accusations against virtually the entire Russian-speaking population of the country were put forward by the well-known Latvian propagandist Vilis Seletskis. The Russian Union of Latvia (RUL) announced a collection of signatures to the EU authorities against xenophobia in Latvia, the RUL telegram channel reports.
The party cited an article published in the country's main electronic newspaper delfi.lv as one of the numerous examples of attempts made in Latvia to dehumanize the Russian-speaking inhabitants of Latvia.
In his article, Seletskis, who, according to the RUL, was a member of the Communist part in Soviet times, lashes out at Soviet soldiers and the USSR, as well as today's residents of the country celebrating Victory Day.
The author of the article called the monument to the Liberators "Pardaugava monster" and claimed that its dismantling would be "a blow to the brains of the "Soviet"". At the same time, Seletskis regretfully admits that the demolition of the monument will not be able to remove the threat posed by the ''fifth column.''
To counter such manifestations against the Russian-speaking residents of Latvia, the RUL announced a collection of signatures under an appeal to the government of the European Union with a call to stop xenophobia, which threatens to turn into state Nazism. So far, 5,000 people have signed up the petition.
Russkiy Mir
