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Latvija
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Latvia bans Nazi and Soviet symbols
Latvija je zabranila nacističke i sovjetske simbole
Latvia’s parliament has approved in the third and final reading amendments to legislation that ban the display of Soviet and Nazi symbols at all public events. The ban involves flags, anthems, uniforms, as well as Nazi swastikas and Soviet hammer and sickle emblems.
Latvijski parlament je odobrio konačno čitanje amandmana na zakon koji zabranjuje pokazivanje sovjetskih i nacističkih simbola na javnim mjestima. Zabrana se odnosi na zastave, himne, uniforme , nacističke svastike i sovjetski srp i čekić.
Ovaj zakon koji je donesen u parlamentu u četvrtak, je djelomično izazvan godipnjom pro-ruskom paradom i paradom SS veterana, što latvijske vlasti smatraju pokušajem da se "podijeli" zemlja. To će postati zakonom nakon što ga potpiše latvijski predsjednik Andris Berzins .
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Russian lawmakers however, immediately condemned the Latvian move as “a blatant disrespect for the memories of those who perished fighting against fascism” and as an act of “discrimination against the veterans of Russia’s Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany.”
“Equating Soviet and Nazi symbols is pure blasphemy,” said Leonid Slutsky, head of State Duma committee on CIS Affairs.
Latvia’s official position is that it was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1940 through 1991. Russia, as a successor to the Soviet Union, does not recognize the occupation. Russia has long been at odds with the Baltic states of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia over what it sees as attempts to rewrite the history of World War II and diminish the Soviet role in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Latvia is still home to a significant proportion of Russians, estimated at about a quarter of the population. Many of them celebrate Victory Day on May 9.
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