Comment of the Russian Embassy in Latvia:
“The story of how yesterday’s schoolgirl became a “threat to national security” of the Republic of Latvia continues. Today, the Riga court decided to extend the detention of social activist, student of St. Petersburg State University Tatyana Andriets for another two months. Now she, in addition to ” violations of the sanctions regime”, are charged with “creation of a criminal organization”, which, in accordance with local criminal law, is punishable by imprisonment from 8 to 17 years.
The local Themis has not yet presented any convincing evidence to society of the guilt of a Latvian citizen who is not indifferent to what is happening in her country. However, as practice shows, in such initially politicized cases, this is not required. The purpose of this cynical violation of human rights is obvious – to convince the population of the republic of the inevitability of “punishment” for expressing “wrong” thoughts.
Such a mockery of a young girl who naively believed that she lives in a state of law is a shame for the Latvian justice!”
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