Around 40 people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Riga in the afternoon for a picket against Russian aggression in Ukraine. About ten minutes later, a group of about 10 Russian supporters arrived to stage a counter-demonstration across the street.
The people protesting Russia’s aggression showed their discontent with the counter-demonstration and called it a provocation. One of the protesters addressed the picket lambasting Russia’s evil deeds in Ukraine, but his speech later turned to Latvia’s domestic politics.
Police reacted ...
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