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Reuters
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Andrius Sytas

Latvian minister resigns after commemoration of Soviet wartime victory

People lay flowers at a monument commemorating the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Riga, Latvia, on May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Andrius Sytas

Latvia's interior minister resigned on Monday under pressure from the ruling coalition which criticized the police for failing to ban the country's Russian speakers from commemorating earlier this month the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two.

Latvia and its neighbours, Estonia and Lithuania, say Moscow used its victory over Nazi Germany to forcefully incorporate the Baltic region into the Soviet Union.

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