Kremlin blasted Baltic ‘neo-Nazi’ state in echo of Moscow’s threats to Ukraine. Riga passed bill to mark May 9 as a day to commemorate Ukrainian war victims. May 9 is the same day Russia holds annual Victory Day in Moscow’s Red Square. Russian Foreign Ministry branded Latvia’s commemorative day ‘blasphemous’ Putin’s deranged regime branded Latvia a ‘neo-Nazi’ state in a chilling echo of Moscow’s threats to Ukraine after the Baltic state made May 9 a day of remembrance for victims of Russian aggression. In an extraordinary rant, Moscow called Riga’s decision to commemorate Ukrainian war victims next month – on the same day as Russia’s Victory Day to mark the surrender of Nazi Germany – ‘blasphemous’. Latvian MPs passed the legislation to draw attention to ‘ Russia’s military aggression’. Latvian national flags will be raised alongside Ukrainian flags at every residence and government building. According to Kremlin-backed media, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the decision ‘an attempt to humiliate the Russian-speaking community living in Latvia, which cherishes the memory of the exploits of anti-fascist heroes’.
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