Latvia bans Kirkorov, Vinokur and Petrosyan from entering the country

The HEAD of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic called the reason for including the Russians in the sanctions list their active position in support of Russia's policy on the situation around Ukraine Filipp Kirkorov

Singer Filipp Kirkorov, humorists Vladimir Vinokur and Evgeny Petrosyan, as well as rhythmic gymnastics coach Irina Viner-Usmanova, have been declared persona non grata by Latvia, they are banned from entering the country. This was announced on Twitter by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Baltic Republic, Edgars Rinkevics.

“They are banned from entering Latvia for an indefinite period. The decision was made on the basis of immigration law,” he wrote.

According to him, the reason for including the Russians in the black list is their active position in support of Russia's policy on the situation around Ukraine.

Latvia banned the holiday on May 9, declaring the Day of Remembrance of those killed in Ukraine Politics

Since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Western countries, including Latvia and other Baltic republics, have already introduced several packages of sanctions against RUSSIA. Restrictions also affected the first persons of the state, deputies and senators, businessmen, military and cultural figures. Latvia, in particular, at the end of March banned 25 Russian cultural figures from entering the country, including DIRECTOR Nikita Mikhalkov, actor Vladimir Mashkov, singer Polina Gagarina and others.

On April 21, the Latvian Seimas approved a law on the deprivation of citizenship for supporting the operation in Ukraine. In addition, earlier the Seimas of Latvia adopted a law according to which May 9 this year was declared the Day of Remembrance of civilians and Ukrainian servicemen who died during the hostilities in Ukraine. Because of this, mass celebrations on May 9 were canceled in the country and fireworks were banned on that day.

At the same time, the former mayor of Riga, MEP Nil Ushakov noted that in the Baltics some decisions are made in order to “take revenge on the local Russians in small things,” and not for the sake of supporting Ukraine. “In the current situation, when a “rift is taking place,” it would be right to “reach out to the Russians, emphasize that you are ours, you are yours. <...> In these circumstances, breaking someone over the knee, taking out anger on local Russians - this will not help anyone, ”said Ushakov, who served as mayor of Riga from 2009 to 2019.

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Earlier, on May 1, Kirkorov turned to the editor-in-chief of RT Margarita Simonyan and urged her not to “spread rot” on Maxim Galkin and Alla Pugacheva, who opposed the Russian military operation. According to the singer, Simonyan "did not hold a candle" to publicly denigrate the artist and his family, and has no right to "sow discord." The artist asked his compatriots to stop internal strife, which the "so-called Western partners" are trying to stir up. In his opinion, witch hunters only exacerbate the split within the country. Famous people should rally people, not "spread rot", said Kirkorov.

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