In Latvia, a Seimas deputy who defended the Russian language was threatened with a criminal case.

A criminal case may be opened against the leader of the Stability! party, Alexei Roslikov, after his speech in Russian during a meeting of the Seimas (parliament) in support of the Russian-speaking population. This was announced on June 6 by the head of the Latvian Ministry of Justice, Inese Libinja-Egner, on her Facebook page (owned by the recognized extremist Meta company, its activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).

"Appropriate punishment must follow. Therefore, the State Language Center will begin the process of an administrative offense and will cooperate with the state police and the state security service in the case of a criminal case," she wrote.

Libinja-Agneret called Roslikov's speech categorically unacceptable and added that his speech calls into question the state status of the Latvian language and threatens the country's statehood.

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Authorities threaten Russian speakers with fines and criminal prosecution

On June 5, the Latvian State Television and radio portal LSM reported that the Latvian Seimas had removed Roslikov from the meeting for defending the Russian language. It is clarified that during the consideration in Parliament of the declaration "on the elimination of linguistic consequences of Russification", he opposed this project, stressing in his speech that a significant part of the population are Russians who speak their native language at home, while they are actively involved in the development of Latvia.