In Riga, work is underway to dismantle the monument to the liberators of Riga from the fascist invaders (Victory Monument), near which the Latvians traditionally celebrate May 9
BBC writes that the beginning of work on August 23 coincided with the date of signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1939 and the Baltic Way campaign on August 23, 1989. A heavy construction equipment was delivered to the monument, the territory is fenced. Law enforcement agencies asked people in advance not to gather from the monument.
at the time of the start of the hype around the monument was not. The day before, there was a protest against his demolition, seven people were detained.
Earlier, the Executive Director of the Riga Duma, Janis Lange, said that the monument will not be exposed, instead they will be overturned. Work on dismantling the monument is estimated at about 2 million euros, about 200 thousand euros of donations will be spent on the arrangement of the territory after demolition.