Coronavirus pandemic will last a long time, WHO believes
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The Federation Council explained the ban on St. George ribbons in Latvia
The Federation Council condemned the adoption by the Saeima of Latvia in the first reading of a bill prohibiting the use of St. George ribbons in the country. It seems to me that the St. George ribbon calluses the eyes of those who would not like to recall that shameful part of the history of Latvia itself, said Konstantin Kosachev, head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, on Facebook. He recalled the operation "Winter Magic" by total cleaning of civilians in the Belarusian-Latvian border to block Soviet partisans, when a 40 kilometer dead zone was created and for this purpose 430 villages were burned, 10 12 thousand people were cut out (mainly civilians: women, old people and children), the strike forces of the punitive operation amounted to Latvian battalions. The descendants of Latvian punishers, of course, do not have their St. George ribbon as a symbol of military glory. And it will never be, the senator concluded. As previously reported by ...
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