“In accordance with international law, the Russian side reserves the right to take countermeasures in response to this illegal act of Latvia,” the statement says.
Earlier it was reported that the Riga City Council during the meeting voted for the demolition of the monument to the Liberators of Riga.
Prior to this, journalist Vladimir Linderman, a public and political figure in Latvia, explained in an interview with RT why the Latvian parliament adopted amendments allowing the demolition of the monument to the Liberators of Riga.