Court upholds ban on march planned by Latvia's Russian Union

• Published date: 27 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

RIGA, May 27 (LETA) - An administrative district court on Friday upheld the Riga government's decision to ban a march planned by Latvia's Russian Union (LKS) in protest to the removal of a Soviet-era monument in Victory Park, LETA was told at the court.

The administrative district court delivered a shortened ruling dismissing LKS' application and upholding the Riga executive director's May 25 resolution banning the march.

s reported, LKS has announced a protest march in Riga on May 28 from Victory Park in Pardaugava to the Freedom Monument in downtown Riga, the party's co-chairman Miroslavs Mitrofanovs informed on social media.

The LKS march was intended as a counterdemonstration to a march against monuments to Soviet occupiers, which took place in Riga on May 20 and gathered around 5,000 participants, according to police information.

It was also reported that on assessing intelligence and identified risks, the State Security Service advised the Riga local authority...