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On Thursday, MP Aleksejs Roslikovs ("Stability!") was removed from a session in the Latvian parliament. He was...
Latvian MP Aleksejs Rosļikovs shouted Russian in the parliament hall and sent other politicians into a frenzy with a familiar gesture. He was subsequently expelled from the session, according to the Latvian public broadcaster LSM, which said that a draft resolution condemning the criminal Russification of Latvia by the Soviet occupiers was being discussed in parliament.
“IN YOUR EYES, IT IS A CRIME THAT I CALL MYSELF ALEXEY AND I KNOW THAT MY LANGUAGE IS RUSSIAN” — Latvian Saeima (Parliament) MP Alexey Roslikov. “Perhaps you will make a law that will prevent me from calling my son by a certain name because he is Russian? There will be something simply obligatory: John, Peter, Christoph. Alexey, Victor and Natalya will no longer exist, because it will be forbidden. Because you are hated here if you called your …
"There are more of us, Russian language - our language! Half of the population is Russian-speaking, we are an integral part of Latvia," shouts Aleksejs Roslikovs, a member of parliament from the central Baltic republic, into the microphone, accompanying it with an obscene hand movement. "It's neo-Nazism," the member of parliament commented on the bill to ban Russian in parliament a few days ago on his Instagram profile. He was subsequently remov…
EU state’s parliament expels MP for speaking Russian
Lawmakers are only allowed to use Latvian in the Saeima, according to the legislature’s new rulesFILE PHOTO: For Stability! party MP, Aleksey Roslikov, speaking at the Latvian parliament. © Facebook / Aleksey RoslikovA Latvian MP has been kicked out of a parliamentary session and could face further punishment for speaking Russian in violation of the legislature’s new rules, the head of the assembly has said.The incident occurred on Thursday duri…
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