Rinkevics rejects Russia's claim for compensation for the demolition of the monument in Pardaugava

Published date20 May 2022
Publication titleLETA

RIGA, May 20 (LETA) - Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (New Unity) rejects Russia's claim for compensation for the demolition of the monument in Pardaugava.

The minister wrote on his Twitter account that Russia has stated that it will want compensation from Latvia for the "demolition of the occupation monument".

Rinkevics, ''speaking in the words of a classic'', wrote that Russia "will not receive compensation, but the ears of a dead donkey".

ccording to LETA archives, in 2005...

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