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Minsk opens criminal case against Riga Mayor, Latvian top diplomat over flag incident
The actions of the Riga Mayor perceived as directed at inciting national hostility on the basis of national identity
MINSK, May 28. /TASS/. Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrei Shved has initiated a criminal case against Riga Mayor Martins Stakis and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics following the incident with the Belarusian national flag, the republic’s office of the Prosecutor General reported on Friday.
Read also Having reviewed reports of a serious crime against Belarus’ interests made public by news outlets and web resources, the Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrei Shved opened a criminal case against the Mayor of Riga Martins Stakis and Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics for deliberate acts committed by them, directed at inciting national hostility on the basis of national identity according to Part 3, Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, t
Replacing Belarus state flag with white-red-white flag in Riga slammed as pro-fascist act
Aleksandr Shatko. Archive photo
MINSK, 25 May (BelTA) – Flying the flag that is considered unacceptable in Belarus is a pro-fascist act, Deputy Chairman of the Belaya Rus public association Aleksandr Shatko told the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspaper as he commented on the replacement of Belarus state flag with the white-red-white flag in Riga, BelTA has learned.
Belarus should decisively respond to such actions, he believes. “We can understand some diplomatic moves, trade restrictions, pressure, but what happened in Riga is intolerable. This flag is an official state symbol enshrined in the Constitution. Raising the flag that is considered unacceptable in Belarus is, in my opinion, a pro-fascist act,” Aleksandr Shatko said.