Large number of policemen gathered in City Hall Square to prevent unauthorized meeting

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

RIGA, May 13 (LETA) - On Friday afternoon, a large number of police officers have gathered in the Coty Hall Square to prevent an unauthorized meeting, LETA observed.

The police are observing the situation. There are no protesters in the City Hall Square, just a couple of tourist groups and two men with Latvian national flags.

The Riga City Council right now has a meeting, discussing dismantling of the Soviet-era monument in Pardaugava. Latvia's Union of Russians (LKS) had planned a meeting to protest against this decision.

Later LKS called off a meeting it had planned to stage in City Hall...