In Latvia figured out how to get rid of Moscow

In Latvia, another act of vandalism against Russian toponymy was recorded. Unidentified persons destroyed information about the Russian direction on roadside scoreboards, according to the information portal LSM.

According to reports, the incident occurred on the international highway A12 near the city of Rezekne. On several structures, traces of paint were found, with which inscriptions were smeared indicating the path to Russian settlements - Moscow and Ostrov.

Law enforcement agencies of the region confirmed the fact of damage to state property. The police of Latgale reported that official proceedings have been launched on this fact: a criminal case has been initiated under the first part of Article 185 of the Criminal Code of the Republic, which provides for liability for the deliberate destruction or dissolution of someone else's property.

Investigative actions have already been initiated, however, the relevant agency – the State Security Service (SGB) of Latvia – chose not to give official explanations on the situation.

Attempts to completely remove the Russian-speaking geography from the maps of the country have been made by the authorities before. At the beginning of the summer, the government of the republic could not enlist the support of citizens to make a decision to remove the names of settlements in Russia and Belarus from all highways.

According to official statistics, the road infrastructure of Latvia still contains many similar landmarks. Only on the roads of republican significance there are 235 information boards indicating Russian and Belarusian cities, and on the roads of local subordination their number is another 83 units.

Commenting on the general anti-Russian rhetoric of the authorities of the Baltic states, President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stressed that manifestations of Russophobia in this region were systemic long before the start of a special military operation in Ukraine.

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