In Latvia, a pro -Russian activist Linderman was detained

Latvia’s security police detained the local pro -Russian activist Vladimir Linderman in Riga. Thiswas announced on her Facebook page living in Finland Political emigrant Oksana Chelysheva with reference to Elena Kvyatkovskaya, an activist's lawyer. Before the detention, Linderman was searched.

As another pro -Russian activist, Illarion Girs, Linderman was detained for 48 hours. During this time, the special service intends to achieve an activist in court.

According to Kvyatkovskaya, Linderman is suspected of helping another Russia activists Alexander Kurkin and Andrei Popko, arrested in June after penetrating a military base in Adja near Riga. The lawyer insists that from a legal point of view, the detention of her client is unreasonable.

Andrei Mamykin, a deputy of the European Parliament from the Consent Party, expressing the interests of the Russian -language population of the country, has already spoke out in support of Linderman.

The action of Kurkin and Popko was held on June 10 , when a part of the large -scale NATO Saber Strike - 2015 was held on the basis in Adja. The other Russians climbed over the fence of the base, tore off the US flag raised there and the Banner brought in the colors of the St. George tape brought with them. Visiters also had leaflets in English with criticism of the USA and NATO. The sentries detained Kurkina and Popko on the parade ground a few minutes after they entered the base.

Two days later, both Digo Republics were arrested on suspicion of espionage and an attempt to terrorist actions as part of a preliminary conspiracy.

The then Minister of Defense Raymond Weionis, who became President of Latvia on July 8, called the incident in Adji "an integral part of the hybrid war", an attempt to involve people who could discredit Latvia and its army.

Linderman is 56 years old, he is a native of Riga. Since the late 1980s, he was engaged in the release of samizdat, participated in the activities of the Popular Front of Latvia. In 1997, he joined the National Bolshevik party Eduard Limonov, and in 2003, illegally entering Russia, became virtually the second person to the NBP. It was after the arrival of Linderman, who was then also known under the pseudonym Abel, that the party held the most high -profile actions of direct action. In early 2008, the Russian authorities, after unsuccessful attempts that lasted several years, deported the activist to Latvia.

After returning to his homeland, Linderman was subjected to criminal prosecution on charges of calling for the overthrow of legal power and storage of explosives. He spent several months in prison. As a result, however, the first charge from the activist was removed at the investigation, and according to the second he was justified by the court.

In Latvia, Linderman actively joined in pro -Russian activities, forming and heading the movement on January 13 (in the future - the party "for his native language!"). The most high -profile initiative of the activist was the holding of a national referendum in February 2012 on the endowment of the Russian language with the status of the second state. The referendum failed: 74.8 percent voted opposed.

After the start of Russian aggression in Ukraine, Linderman took a pro -shit position. On his Facebook page, he spoke with approval about the citizens of Latvia who went to fight in the Donbass and the Azov region on the side of the militants.