“What happened in Riga, to me, as the recent Russian ambassador to Latvia, seemed outlandish.
When the foreign minister and the mayor of the city remove the Belarusian flag, the Russian flag is removed ... I'm not talking about professionalism, compliance with international law standards.
It seems to me that this is some at least an immature reaction, ”BelTA quotes Lukyanov as saying.
On May 24, Riga Mayor Martins Stakis and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevich replaced the Belarusian flag with an opposition flag in the place where the flags of the countries participating in the world hockey championship hang.
In addition, the city has replaced the Russian flag with the symbols of the Russian Olympic Committee.
Earlier, Alexander Kozhevnikov called to expel Dynamo Riga from the KHL because of the scandal at the 2021 World Cup.