Pskov authorities will help a retired couple expelled from Latvia

Latvia has expelled a couple of Russian pensioners who were robbed after selling an apartment. This was reported on September 17 by Sputnik Latvia in the Telegram channel.

Svetlana and Vadim Freiman have lived in Latvia all their lives, but recently they failed the Latvian language exam and did not receive a residence permit, which forced them to leave the country before July 24.

They sold their apartment and were preparing to move, but in the hostel where they were temporarily staying, all their money, documents and belongings were stolen from them. Instead of searching for the robbers, the Latvian police arrested the couple, held them in prison for a month, then took them to the border in a paddy wagon.

"We arrived at the border, they threw us out, all the things. And they said: there's your homeland, go there," Vadim Freiman said.

Now the couple has been temporarily settled in a pilgrim's house at a monastery in the Pskov region. Soon they will have their documents restored and will be helped with pension payments, work and housing.

"Don't wait to be thrown out at the border — without money, without documents, without belongings. Get ready and come to us. We are waiting for you all. You will feel at home here, because this is really your home," Mikhail Vedernikov, Governor of the Pskov Region, wrote on his Telegram channel.

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