Foreign Minister declares 102 Russian citizens personae non gratae in Latvia

• Published date: 13 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

RIGA, May 13 (LETA) - On May 13, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (New Unity) passed a decision on including 102 more citizens of the Russian Federation in the list of personae non gratae in the Republic of Latvia in accordance with Section 61, Paragraph two of the Immigration Law, LETA learned from the ministry.

Latvia continues to ban the persons supporting the Kremlin regime from entry into Latvia, and will consistently do that in future.

Pursuant to the Foreign Minister's decision, those persons will be prohibited from entering Latvia for an indefinite period of time. The said persons, mainly Russia's cultural figures, have expressed their active support for the decision of the...