The action was taken for the individuals' support for Russia's aggression against Ukraine, he said. The ban will last indefinitely, he said, adding that the list will be further expanded in future.
Par kara propagandu un agresijas pret Ukrainu atbalstīšanu un saskaņā ar Imigrācijas likuma 61.panta 2.daļu, 25 Krievijas Federācijas pilsoņi iekļauti Latvijai nevēlamo personu sarakstā, nosakot liegumu ieceļot Latvijā uz nenoteiktu laiku. Saraksts tiks papildināts arī turpmāk
— Edgars Rinkēvičs (@edgarsrinkevics) March 23, 2022
The move comes soon after three members of the Russan embassy staff in Rīga were expelled, as previous reported by LSM.
Those included on the list Wednesday include renowned orchestral conductor Valery Gergiev, boxer Victor Polyakov and singer Polina Gagarina. Here are all 25 names.
- Maria Sitela
- Dmitry Guberniyev
- Vladimir Mashkov
- Artyom Zhoga
- Tina Kandelaki
- Victor Polyakov
- Polina Gagarina
- Nikolay Rastorguyev
- Vitaliy Loktev
- Alexander Yerokhin
- Sergey Pereguda
- Vasiliy Gorello
- Natalya Podolskaya
- Anastasiya Makeyeva
- Viktoria Daineko
- Denis Matsuyev
- Nikita Mikhalkov
- Valery Gergiev
- Dmitry Streltsov
- Aleksey Tarasov
- Pavel Suchkov
- Alexey Kantur
- Sergei Polunin
- Viktoriya Tsyganova
- Stanislav Mikhailov
