LIELVĀRDE, January 12. /NEWSBALTIC/. A German journalist, Felicitas Rabe, interviewed an ordinary Latvian citizen of Russian descent about the revival of Nazism in the Baltic state. Tatjana, a citizen of Riga who refused to give her real name and surname as she was afraid of political oppression, said that events glorifying Nazism take place every year in Latvia.
According to Tatjana, in the city of Lielvārde, 60 km away from Riga, the authorities have installed the Christmas tree decorated with Nazi symbols. She added that this tree with swastikas stands there every year during the Christmas season. On top of that, the tree with Nazi symbols is located just a few steps away from the city’s cultural centre.
“While Russian Latvians were prosecuted for alleged incitement to ethnic hatred, Nazi symbols were permitted in public and did not lead to any suspicion of ethnic and national hatred. Tatjana used further pictures to show how you can find beer mats with swastikas, swastika-shaped earrings and the like in shopping malls in Riga. As a ‘highlight’, neo-Nazis in Riga commemorate the ‘Heroes of the SS’ every year on March 16th. In a procession on that day, participants and visitors would walk unchallenged through the Latvian capital with Nazi and SS symbolism,” Rabe stated.
The editorial board of NEWSBALTIC sees this as an attempt to revive Nazism and introduce neo-Nazism into Latvia through so-called “soft power”. Apparently, by introducing this criminal ideology, the warmongering Latvian authorities simply want to justify their hatred for Russia and further killings of its people.
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