"I am unable to stop the desecration of our monuments," said the mayor of the Latvian city of Rēzekne in an address to the residents of the city. According to Aleksandrs Bartasevics, all his requests to cancel the future demolition of the monument to Soviet soldiers have not been heard. The Latvian authorities insist that the memorial to the soldiers-liberators in Rēzekne must be demolished by November 15.
Aleksandrs Bartasevics, mayor of Rēzekne:
"Russians in Latvia are under powerful pressure just because they are Russians. Someone advises us to be quieter in our native language, someone promises to relocate us to reservations for the fact that we with flowers in our hands commemorate our fallen, but defeated fascism relatives. Others do everything to make our children forget their native language, depriving them of the opportunity to study it in schools."
Despite the pressure from the authorities, the mayor urged his fellow citizens to preserve and pass on to their children the feeling of gratitude to their grandfathers and great grandfathers for their exploits in the fight against Nazism.
Latvian mayor: Russians are under strong pressure
9 ноября 2022












