'''Riga''' is the capital city of [[Latvia]]. It is located on the banks of the [[Daugava River]] and the Gulf of Riga, an inlet of the [[Baltic Sea]].
'''Riga''' is the capital city of [[Latvia]]. It is located on the banks of the [[Daugava River]] and the Gulf of Riga, an inlet of the [[Baltic Sea]].
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====Latvia====
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Although Victory Day celebrations over the Russian defeat of Nazism were officially banned in Latvia in 2022, in fact they turned out to be almost a “victory week” in [[Riga]], accompanied by aggressive rhetoric glorifying Russia.<ref>https://youtu.be/zTbivpyWM3w</ref>
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Police detained a woman on May 9, 2022 who tried to lay flowers on the monument to commemorate Russian soldiers who liberated the country from Nazism in 1944.<ref> https://youtu.be/ZLyalA7ti6Q</ref>