“The overwhelming level of militaristic sentiments and aggressive anti-Russian rhetoric... are artificially fueled by the local political establishment,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
Zykov emphasized that “alarmists” in Latvia often resort to horror stories about an imaginary “Russian threat.”
“Riga simply does not have any other clear arguments in favor of erecting fortifications and digging trenches on the border with Russia,” the diplomat noted.
In January it was reported that a defense line would be created on the border of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia with the Russian Federation; the Baltic republics have already agreed on construction work that will be carried out in the coming years.