The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Moscow. Photo credit: mos.ru (CC BY 4.0)
The Russian Foreign Ministry promises to provide all necessary assistance to people expelled from Latvia. This was stated by its spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
The MFA called the reason announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic for the expulsion of an 82-year-old Russian citizen, who allegedly poses a ''threat to national security,'' as far-fetched. Maria Zakharova stressed that the actions of the ''police regime'' in Latvia grossly violated the principle of non-separation of the family, since the expulsion of Boris Katkov separated him from his closest relatives. In addition, according to Maria Zakharova, the expulsion of the pensioner violates human rights and freedoms and is aimed at intimidating the Russian-speaking population of the Baltic state.
The Foreign Ministry promised to help all Russians deported from Latvia.
Boris Katkov was met at the Latvian-Russian border by representatives of the authorities of the Pskov region and volunteers. After this, the pensioner, at his own request, flew to Kaliningrad, where representatives of the Baltic Federal University, where Boris Katkov worked for more than 15 years, were waiting for him.
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