In a conversation with RIA Novosti, the diplomat noted that the republic’s authorities have been leaving the relevant requests from the embassy unanswered for several months now, and have also ignored requests to ban anti-Russian demonstrations in front of the Russian diplomatic mission building on election day, which have become “commonplace” in Latvia in recent years.
Meanwhile, preparations for the Russian presidential elections in Latvia, according to Zykov, are proceeding as planned and in strict accordance with the recommendations of the Central Election Commission and the instructions of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, predicted an increase in the likelihood of provocations in the presidential elections in a number of countries.