Latvia denies entry to group of Czech communists coming back from Russia

Latvia has refused entry by way of its land border to a bunch of Czech residents who had been trying to return from Russia.

Supply: a spokesperson for the Czech Ministry of Overseas Affairs Daniel Drake, cited by Radio Prague Worldwide, as reported by European Pravda,

Particulars: Roman Roun, a consultant of the Communist Celebration, said that the group consisted of 4 members of the Communist Celebration of Bohemia and Moravia. They’re nonetheless in Russia and awaiting a chance to return.

"4 members of the Communist Celebration of Bohemia and Moravia had been on a personal journey to Russia to go to memorial websites devoted to the heroism of the Crimson Military and the peoples of the Soviet Union within the ‘Nice Patriotic Battle’ [as the Russians call WWII, primarily the conflict between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany – ed.]. On their approach again, they had been denied entry to Latvia. They’ve since returned to Russia and are negotiating a transit route again to Czechia," Roun mentioned, with out specifying the people concerned.

The Czech Ministry of Overseas Affairs is conscious of the state of affairs and famous in a press release that choices for offering consular help are at present restricted.

The Communist Celebration of Bohemia and Moravia is understood for its pro-Russian stance.

Background:

  • Final yr, Kateřina Konečná, the get together’s MEP, voiced outrage over a go to to Prague by troopers of Ukraine’s third Separate Assault Brigade and former members of the Azov unit.
  • Additionally in 2023, Czech police filed felony costs towards a member of the Communist Celebration of Bohemia and Moravia who displayed a Russian flag with the letter Z – an emblem of Russian aggression – at an occasion within the city of Nymburk.

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