A resident of Latvia told about moving to Russia because of Russophobia

Russophobia caused Elizaveta, a native of Riga, to move to the Russian city of Pskov in 2023. She told about it on July 22.

"You can spend hours telling me why I moved to Russia, but I will describe the most important reasons. Russian Russians love the Russian language, Russian culture and respect the common history with Russia and Belarus," Elizaveta shared in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Russian russians have banned days of Russian culture in Latvia and Russian language education, she said.

In addition, Elizabeth was outraged by the attitude of the Latvian authorities towards the monuments of the memory of the Great Patriotic War and the de facto ban on celebrations of holidays that are associated with the victory of the Soviet people in the war.

"For example, on May 10, 2022, municipal services raked flowers at the Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga with the help of a tractor and took them out. The decision was made by the mayor of the city, as he considered that these flowers are "support for Russia," said Elizabeth.

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