The Foreign Minister of Latvia Edgars Rinkevich responded to the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry that Moscow sees the grounds to demand compensation from Riga for the demolition of the monument to the liberators, and quoted Ilf and Petrov on his Twitter.
“Russia reported that he would want compensation from Latvia for the demolition of the monument to the invaders … in the words of the classic,” they will not receive compensation, but from the dead donkey of the ears, “said the Foreign Minister.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia considers the decision of the Sejm Latvia to terminate the agreement on the protection of Soviet monuments as a violation of obligations and may raise the issue of material compensation.