Katkov, deported from Latvia, was given a service apartment in Kaliningrad. He left behind a son, daughter and granddaughters in Latvia.

Katkov was offered a job at the Baltic Federal University. He was very worried because he was separated from his wife, with whom they had lived for 57 years. The authorities will pay for the furniture, according to the press secretary of the governor of theKaliningrad region Dmitry Lyskov. He also said that Katkov’s wife had arrived the day before.