Latvia opposes salute in Russia in honor of the liberation of Riga

In this regard, the temporary charge d'affaires of Russia Vadim Vasilyev was summoned to the Latvian Foreign Ministry.

“Welcoming the destruction of Nazism, we would like to remind the world that the freedom and independence of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were restored 45 years later, because the entry of the Red Army meant the resumption of the Soviet occupation,” they said.

Earlier, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu called the "provocative step" Russia's decision to arrange a September 22 salute in honor of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Tallinn by Soviet troops from the Nazi invaders.