“In connection with the damage to the monument to Soviet soldiers in Latvia, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under paragraphs “a”, “b”, part 2 of Art.
243.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (damage to a monument perpetuating the memory of those who died defending the Fatherland and its interests during the Great Patriotic War),” the statement said.
According to investigators, on May 20, attackers with the help of special equipment demolished a monument to Soviet soldiers-pilots, which was located in the Ilguciems microdistrict of the city of Riga.
Earlier, the chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to investigate the circumstances of the demolition of the monument to Soviet military pilots in Riga.