Latvia will check people who will vote in the Russian presidential election at the embassy
Kyiv • UNN
Latvia will check people who come to the Russian embassy to vote in the presidential election to see if they have legal grounds to stay in the country.
The State Police and the State Border Guard in Latvia will check people who will come to the Russian Embassy to vote at the polling station to elect the President of the Russian Federation. The state wants to make sure that such people have legal grounds to stay in Latvia. This was announced by the head of the state police Armands Ruks, reports Delfi, according to UNN.
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He urged Russian citizens living in Latvia who want to come to the polling station to be prepared for possible checks on the street.
Admission to the embassy will be appropriately controlled by setting up checkpoints in cooperation with the State Border Guard Service, checking residence permits or visas,
The head of the state police noted that similar checks are carried out by the Russian special services when Latvian citizens come to polling stations in Russia.
He noted that if the police find violations of the rules of residence in Latvia during the checks, the country will initiate deportation procedures. To ensure that such procedures are followed properly, representatives of the Citizenship and Migration Board will be involved in the inspections.
Ruks also emphasized that during the Russian presidential election, the Latvian state police will work in a reinforced mode.
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