Presidential elections: Latvia will check the Russians who will come to vote

Law enforcement officers will hold "screening" people who will come to the polling station at the Embassy in Riga and make sure that there are no attempts to "glorify Russian aggression". Latvian state border guards and police plan to check people who will come to the Russian Embassy in Riga on March 17. Law enforcement officers will determine the legitimate grounds for the stay of citizens of the Russian Federation in the country.

About it reports the Latvian edition of Delfi with a vocation in an interview with TV3 TV3 Chief of State Police Armands Rusus. The head of the Latvian police called on the Russians living in Latvia and have the desire to come to the polling station, be prepared for such inspections on the street and provide law enforcement officers for a visa or residence permit.

According to Rusus, Russian special services are carried out similar inspections, when Latvia citizens come to polling stations in the Russian Federation. In the event that the police record a violation of the Rules in Latvia, the country will start the deportation procedure. In order to comply with the procedure of conducting such a procedure, representatives of the Department of Citizenship and Migration will be involved in the inspections.

During the election of Russian President in Latvia, police will work in a strengthened mode, "strictly stopping any attempt to glorify Russian aggression. " We will remind, elections in Russia will last three days - from 15 to 17 March. The temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine will also take place the so -called elections. In addition to Vladimir Putin, Leonid Slutsky, Vladislav Davankov and Mykola Kharitonov will participate in the eighth elections of the President of Russia.