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Residents of Latvia began to receive fines for congratulations on Victory Day a few months after the holiday. After May, 9, the Latvian police opened administrative cases against a number of residents of the country who posted postcards with congratulations on Victory Day online, the Baltnews telegram channel reports. Now people began to receive fines.
The internet users, who posted postcards, broke the law on prohibited symbols. The decisions of the state police, which are published in social networks and the Latvian media, indicate that no one is immune from a fine in the Baltic country.
For example, one of the residents of Latvia was accused of posting a photograph with the Russian flag and the St. George ribbon. The symbol of the heroism of Soviet soldiers is banned in Latvia as "glorifying military aggression."
It is noted that the named symbols are under a ban on display in public space, but social networks are not legally considered as such. However, the police found an excuse for their actions, calling the social networks a ''public place.''
Thus, the Latvian law equated the Internet space with squares and parks. Victims of police actions have the right to challenge the fine in court.
Russkiy Mir
