RIGAA century-old statue of Russian czar Peter the Great is proving a never-ending headache for municipal authorities in Riga, where the statue stood until World War I.After being restored by a local businessman in 2001, the Riga City Council refused to allow it to be displayed in the capital, calling it an unpleasant reminder of Latvia's subjugation by the Russian empire.But plans to donate the statue to St. Petersburg have been cast into doubt, both by the apparent reluctance of the Russian city's authorities to accept the gift and now by Jevgenijs Gombergs, the statue's restorer, who has...
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