The state border guard of Latvia today expelled from the country the head of the representation of the Russian airline Aeroflot in Latvia, Sergei Sokolnikov, who is included in the list of persons whose stay in the country is undesirable.

According to the representative of the company, Cristina Peterson, today border guards during immigration control arrived to a Russian citizen and expelled him from the country in accordance with the immigration law.

Sokolnikov included in the black list on the decision of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Richard Kozlovskis, writes tvnet. lv.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not comment on the reasons for including him in the list, but Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevich told reporters at a press conference on Monday that "this person did everything in Latvia, but not by direct duties. His actions are classified as illegal collection of information ".

In addition to the deportation of Sokolnikov, it was also decided to expel one of the employees of the Russian embassy from Latvia as part of the reaction of the EU countries to the case of poisoning with nerve gas of the double agent Sergei Skripal in the UK, for which allegedly responsible Russia.