The coalition of the Riga City Council approved the decision to demolish the monument to Alexander Pushkin donated by the Russian Embassy until May 4, 2023. This was announced by the Vice-Mayor of Riga Lindas Ozola.

" Suggested by Kods Ri? gai, the coalition of the Riga City Council agreed that this illegally erected monument should disappear from the urban environment of Riga and should be promptly exploited,” she wrote on Facebook.

The initiative to demolish the illegally erected monument was made by the deputies of the Riga City Council " In their opinion, the dismantling "

In particular, the deputies point out that the Russian embassy uses the monument to Alexander Pushkin as a tool of soft power and propaganda, because in his works Pushkin glorified and supported the Russian authorities, they explain in the block of deputies.

In addition, the writer had never been to Riga in his life and did not show much interest in it..

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The monument to Pushkin was opened on August 22, 2009 in Kronvald park with the support of the Latvian Pushkin Society, the Russian Embassy in Latvia and the Riga City Council, in particular, with the support of the former and then newly elected Mayor Nilas Ushakov.

Earlier it was reported that a Russian wrecked tank was installed near the Russian embassy in Riga.