Peskov called the initiation of a witch hunt against Deputy Roslikov in Latvia

The initiation of a criminal case against Alexei Roslikov, a deputy of the Latvian Seimas and leader of the Stability! political party, who made a statement in Russian, is a witch hunt. This was announced on June 9 by Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

"This is a witch hunt. This is probably a very dangerous trend," he said in an interview with TASS.

At the same time, Peskov stressed that such a reaction to the deputy's speech in Russian was predictable.

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The Latvian State Television and radio portal LSM reported on June 5 that the Latvian Seimas 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.

On June 9, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Roslikov on suspicion of assisting Russia in its alleged "actions against Latvia" and "inciting national hatred and discord."