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Zakharova: Russia will respond to the seizure of the "House of Moscow" center in Riga by special services

12/21/2023, 3:29:58 PM

Highlights: Zakharova: Russia will respond to the seizure of the "House of Moscow" center in Riga by special services. An inventory of property is being made in the premises. "Such a raider invasion cannot be assessed in any other way than as an act of state banditry on the part of the Latvian authorities," Zakharova said. Earlier it was reported that the Russian side, in the event of the deportation of Russians from Latvia, will prepare places for their accommodation and work out employment issues.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the Russian side would respond to the raider seizure of the House of Moscow cultural and business center in Riga by the Latvian special services.


This is stated on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

It is noted that the Russian embassy reported that on December 21, the Latvian special services broke into the "House of Moscow" center in Riga, its employees were deprived of their communication equipment, and they themselves were subjected to interrogations. An inventory of property is being made in the premises.

"Such a raider invasion cannot be assessed in any other way than as an act of state banditry on the part of the Latvian authorities. Retaliatory steps will follow," Zakharova said.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian side, in the event of the deportation of Russians from Latvia, will prepare places for their accommodation and work out employment issues.