The Saeima of Latvia (Latvia's parliament) has approved amendments to the law "On the Development of Villages and Agriculture" that prohibit imports of agricultural products from Russia and Belarus. Source: Delfi Details: The law prohibits the import or export of agricultural and feed products from Russia and Belarus to Latvia, even if the products are imported from other third countries.
Latvian sports teams have been banned from competing with Russian and Belarusian athletes on the legislative level, even if they perform in a neutral status. Source: Delfi, a news website in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia Details: According to the amendments to the law adopted by the Seimas (parliament) in the final reading on 1 February, Latvia will be prohibited from organising national competitions in team sports where Russian or Belarusian athletes participate under their flag or in a neutra
Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of Latvia, has announced that funds raised from the so-called Moscow House in Riga and other Russian assets will be used as aid for Ukraine. Source: Rinkēvičs during the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Riga, as reported by European Pravda with reference to Ukrinform Details: Rinkēvičs informed Zelenskyy that the Latvian Saeima (parliament) had adopted a law on the nationalisation of Moscow House and the transfer of all necessary funds in favour of