He told RIA Novosti about this.
As Zykov noted, the diplomatic mission received a lot of requests from Russians who, without waiting for the verdict of the Latvian migration service, decided to independently leave the country and move to Russia.
“Whole families, including children and grandchildren, are being resettled to their homeland. Today we are talking about more than 1000 people. We, in turn, try to assist these people in every possible way and in everything,” the diplomat said.
Earlier, President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to consider measures for the repatriation of compatriots in the event of their illegal deportation from unfriendly countries.