Latvia sent Luzhkov an official refusal to provide a residence permit

The Department of Citizenship and Migration (UDGM) of Latvia sent an official refusal to provide a residence permit in the country to the former mayor of Moscow. Recall that Luzhkov by the decision of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Linda Murnytsa was included in the list of people undesirable for the republic.

As ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the assistant chief of the UDGM on public relations Andrei Ryabtsev, the department sent a letter to Luzhkov with a refusal to provide a residence permit in Latvia, but the content of this letter is not subject to public.

In turn, the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, the former ambassador of the republic to Russia Andris Takemanis, said that the refusal of the ex-mayor of Moscow as a residence will not affect the involvement of Russian investors. "Let him (Luzhkov) try to get a residence permit in other countries, we will see how he will succeed. I think that other investors who are really going to invest in Latvia have not been scared away in no way," he said in an interview with the local radio station.

By the decision of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the former mayor of Moscow in mid -January was included in the list of people undesirable for the republic, as he made hostile statements about Latvia, the Minister Mournie said.

Luzhkov motivated the request for a residence permit to him by investing 200 thousand armor (about 375 thousand dollars) in the subordinated capital of the Latvian "Bank". In addition, in the resort city of Jurmala he owns real estate - warehouse. It was his former mayor who indicated in his statement as a place of residence in Latvia. Luzhkov filed a residence permit to him by a residence permit to the Latvian embassy in Russia shortly before the New Year.

In an interview, he called his inclusion in the Latvian “black list” of Luzhkov at the end of last week, “in which the political aspect became decisive.” “By the way, I still haven’t received this decision. I’m not sure that everything will be flawless there from a legal point of view,” he emphasized. In addition, Luzhkov denies that he once said something bad to Latvia. “Yes, I spoke hard, but it was about the position of the Russian -speaking population. Didn’t I have the right to express my opinion? Many don’t like it. As the mayor of the city, I had to express my opinion not so much my opinion as the opinion of society,” he said.

According to the amendments to the Law on the Immigration of Latvia on July 1, 2010, a foreign investor may receive a residence permit in the republic if he acquired real estate here in the amount of 50 to 100 thousand armor (from 93 to 187 thousand dollars), invested at least 25 thousand armor (about 47 thousand dollars) in the fixed capital of the enterprise registered in the Latvia of the enterprise or 200 thousand wells in the subtitled Capital of banks.