The protest action in Riga against the exhibition "People of Maidan".
Conflict situation with the exhibition "People of Maidan" has led to protests, which took place opposite the building of the Latvian foreign Ministry. The protesters demanded to expel the exhibition organizer Sergei Melnikoff from Latvia. The event was attended by about 30 people. Earlier Sergey Melnikoff said that Russian-speaking residents of Riga have to be exiled and transported to Siberia in cattle cars. Such statement was made after unidentified young men twice defeated a street photo exhibition, dedicated to the events on the Maidan in the winter of 2013/2014, Melnikoff believes that the Riga city Council is obliged to pay him compensation of 0.5 million euros for the fact that city police failed to prevent acts of vandalism, in addition, the mayor of Riga said that the exhibition will be minimized, because it has nationalist overtones. Buy footages on: http://baltvideo.com/en/latvia/the-protest-action-in-riga-against-the-exhibition-people-of-maidan
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