According to him, this decision was made on the basis of an assessment of security services and the migration law.

“I decided to include Russian citizen Grigory Lepsveridze (full name of the singer. - RT ) in the list of undesirable persons in the Republic of Latvia, barring him from entering Latvia for an indefinite period,” Rinkevich wrote on Facebook.

At the end of January, the National Council for Electronic Mass Media (NEPLP) decided to temporarily ban the broadcasting (including distribution) of the programs of the Russian RTR television channel in Latvia.