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(Latvijas Radio korespondents ) Like every year, a lot of people arrived at the Uzvaras Monument on May 9 to commemorate the so-called Victory day. As reported, this year the gathering was controlled by police to guard Covid-19 spread. The event passed without major incidents, Latvian Radio reported.
Since Saturday, May 8, a vast area around the monument at Uzvaras Park was cordoned off with yellow police fences. Seats on benches or lawns in the immediate vicinity are not allowed to be used. Constant calls to observe distance were played on the loudspeaker in Latvian and Russian.
In the morning, about a hundred people arrived, but there were a lot more people around noon. Police estimated that there had been around 20,000 people throughout the day in total. Every now and then someone expressed dissatisfaction about not being able to freely access the monument. Several also expressed dissatisfaction about nearby public transport stops being closed