Latvian Defense Minister calls SS legionnaires the country's pride

“Waffen-SS Legionnaires are the pride of the Latvian people and the state,” RIA Novosti quoted Pabriks as saying.

The minister noted that no one should be allowed to mock their memory.

On September 26, it became known that the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case against veteran Latvian SS Legion Visvaldis Latsis, who is suspected of rehabilitating Nazism.

Chairman of the Presidium of “Officers of Russia”, Hero of Russia, Major General Sergey Lipov, in an interview with Nation News, commented on the decision of the Investigative Committee of Russia.