Pro-Kremlin journalist Graham Phillips detained by Latvian police in Riga

  • 2016-03-16
  • BNS/TBT-STAFF/RIGA
Latvian police have confirmed they have detained pro-Kremlin journalist Graham Phillips during the Latvian Legionnaire’s Remembrance Day events at the Freedom Monument in Riga.  Speaking to the LETA news service, the chief of Riga’s police department, Guntars Markitans, told the LETA news service that Phillips had attempted to provoke those who were laying flowers at the base of the Freedom Monument.  Phillips was then detained after ignoring police orders.  Markitans added that Phillips will be administrati...
 
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