EU state to prosecute MP for speaking Russian (VIDEO)
Latvian authorities have accused Aleksey Roslikov of “inciting hatred” and aiding an “aggressor state” Read Full Article at RT.com
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Latvian authorities have accused Aleksey Roslikov of “inciting hatred” and aiding an “aggressor state”
Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) has launched a criminal investigation against MP Aleksey Roslikov for speaking Russian at a parliamentary session last week. The lawmaker has been accused of “providing assistance to the aggressor state” as well as inciting “hatred” and “sowing discord,” the agency said in a statement on Monday.
On Thursday, Roslikov of the For Stability! party spoke out in parliament against a declaration that would effectively ban the use of the Russian language in public space in Latvia. The initiative is seeking to “eradicate the consequences” of the alleged “Russification” of the country, which authorities in Riga claim took place under Soviet rule from 1940 to 1991.
Russian-speakers are an inalienable part of the Latvian society, Roslikov insisted, and criticized their growing marginalization. While he spoke in Latvian, he concluded it with a phrase in Russian, proclaiming: “There are more of us, and Russian is our language.”
