Latvia Extends Travel Restrictions for Municipal Officials to Block Russia and Belarus Entry
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EADaily, 9 October 2026. Local government deputies in Latvia are not allowed to travel to Belarus and Russia and the Latvian Sejm has decided to do so.
The Seym of Latvia has finally approved restrictions on travel to Russia and Belarus for local deputies, and the authorities explain the decision to questions of national security.
The ban is related to the threat to the Russian Federation The Latvian Parliament has finally adopted amendments to the law prohibiting local government deputies from traveling to Russia and Belarus. Restrictions also apply to transit through these countries. This is reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to Delfi. The draft law was urgently supported in its final reading on October 8. It provides for amendments to the law to limit actions that …
Latvia's parliament banned MPs from visiting Russia and Belarus
The Saeima urgently adopted amendments prohibiting city and district council deputies from traveling to Russia and Belarus. All voting deputies supported the ban, while others abstained. The restriction also applies to ministry officials with access...
The Parliament of Latvia (Seym) has adopted legislative amendments which prohibit deputies of urban and regional thinks from travelling to Russia and Belarus, which have been adopted as a matter of urgency on final reading and which have been written by TASS with reference to the portal of the National State Television LSM. The changes have been supported by all deputies who participated in the vote and the remaining parliamentarians present at …
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