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The moderately conservative «United List», represented by Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, won the Latvian Saeima elections. According to preliminary data, it will receive 42 of the 100 seats — a record for a single political force in the entire history of the Latvian parliament.
In Latvia, two citizens of the country were arrested on suspicion of spying on the Ādaži military base, where a NATO brigade is stationed, in favor of Russian military intelligence. The case involves a married couple detained at the end of June; both were charged under Article 85 of Latvia’s Criminal Law.
The Saeima of Latvia on October 1 passed a law banning the public broadcaster LSM from creating content in Russian. Fifty-five deputies voted for the document, 24 voted against; it will take effect on January 1, 2027.
#LSM #ConstitutionalCourtofLatvia #Latvia #Latvian #Russianlanguage #SeymLatvii
Lithuania, together with Poland, is preparing an international evacuation plan for part of the residents of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia in the event of possible external aggression. On September 25, the director of Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Center, Vilmantas Vitkauskas, said that Lithuania already has an internal evacuation plan, while the joint one with Poland is still being developed.
#Vilnius #Latvia #Lithuania #Poland #SuwalkiCorridor #Estonia
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia asked the European Commission for €500 million for drone defense. The defense ministers of the three countries sent a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and are waiting for a response in the coming weeks; in Vilnius, Riga, and Tallinn, they hope to receive the money by the end of the year.
#EuropeanCommission #Latvia #Lithuania #NATO #Russia #Estonia
French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to begin talks with Latvia on the country’s accession to the French Forward Nuclear Deterrence Initiative. A French delegation will arrive in Latvia soon for consultations, and the country’s Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry are to prepare a position, a cooperation model, and a schedule for further talks.
EU countries agreed to remove Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the sanctions list and at the same time extend restrictions against the remaining nearly 3,000 Russia-linked individuals and legal entities for three years. The decision was made unanimously after pressure from France and Luxembourg; Latvia objected until the very end.
#AlisherUsmanov #EuropeanUnion #Latvia #Luxembourg #MikhailFridman #France
Latvia refused to support in the EU a compromise on extending personal sanctions imposed because of Russian aggression against Ukraine. The plan called for removing Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the list in exchange for extending the entire regime by three years at once.
#AlisherUsmanov #AndrisKulbergs #EuropeanUnion #Latvia #MikhailFridman #EUsanctions
The Latvian government plans to introduce 300-percent tariffs on the import and processing of grain from Russia and Belarus. Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs also said that the authorities will check the origin of the grain, including in transit shipments.
In Latvia, a ban on the import of a number of goods of Russian and Belarusian origin came into force on September 1. It covers books, newspapers, clothing, footwear, headwear, toys, games, and sports equipment.
Continuation of hybrid warfare, direct invasion, or a deterrent strike: we examine three of the most realistic scenarios.
#Analytics #WarinUkraine #hybridwar #europe #Latvia #NATO #forecasts #Russia #Balticcountries #USA #Estonia #nuclearweapons
In recent years, some in the Russian public have been strongly tempted to engage in victim-blaming regarding the events of 1939-1940. The idea goes that the Baltic peoples chose their own fate: they signed the treaties, let the Red Army in, and voted for pro-Soviet candidates in elections. Who else can they blame for this but their own short-sighted and cowardly governments? Indeed, formally the Stalinist regime at the time did nothing that the authorities of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia did not allow. But in reality, the Soviet leadership fully understood the true meaning of these documents and procedures.
#Baltics #East #WorldWarII #dictatorship #west #historicalmemory #History #Latvia #Lithuania #MolotovRibbentropPact #Poland #repressions #theUSSR #Stalinism #Estonia
«There is no crime I wouldn’t commit to realize myself,» Valery Gergiev liked to repeat the words of his idol, Herbert von Karajan. But the renowned German conductor, who became the face of the Third Reich for self-realization, never stooped to shoddy work. That can no longer be said about Gergiev.
#zpatriotism #BolshoiTheatre #ValeryGergiev #WarinUkraine #HerbertvonKarajan #dictatorship #Canada #classicalmusic #Latvia #MariinskyTheatre #Netherlands #propaganda #protests #Putin #SergeyNovikov #SergeiProkofiev #Ukraine #JuliaNavalnaya
In July 1410, two predatory powers emerged simultaneously in Eastern Europe, and the star of the last romantic crusaders set forever.
#EastEurope #History #Catholicism #Latvia #Lithuania #mythology #monarchy #Poland #MiddleAges #TeutonicOrder #paganism
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