"Latvia continues to ban persons supporting the Kremlin regime from entry into Latvia, and will consistently do that in future," said a statement from the Ministry.
Those on the list will be prohibited from entering Latvia for an indefinite period of time. The named individuals are mainly Russian cultural figures, who have taken part in public events and have expressed their active support for the decision of the President of Russia to carry out an invasion of Ukraine. The individuals put on the persona non grata list have been justifying Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
"Latvia condemns in the strongest terms the unprovoked and unjustified war unleashed by Russia on Ukraine, where, as the result of brutal actions by Russia’s armed forces, Ukrainian civilians and soldiers are losing their lives every day. Support for atrocities perpetrated by the Kremlin regime means complicity with the crimes committed; therefore, the entry of such persons into Latvia is not permissible," the Ministry said.
The following persons have been added to the persona non grata list:
1. |
Sergey Yuryevich GALANIN |
2. |
Sergey Stanislavovich BOBUNETS |
3. |
Ilya Leonovich KNABENGOF |
4. |
Alexander Felixovich SKLYAR |
5. |
Elena Petrovna PRESNYAKOVA |
6. |
Alexander Sergeevich NEFYODOV |
7. |
Oleg Minasovich SLEPTSOV |
8. |
Georgiy Vasilyevich VLASENKO |
9. |
Anita Sergeevna TSOY |
10. |
Aleksey Viktorovich PODDUBNIY |
11. |
Vladimir Yevgenyevich KRISTOVSKIY |
12. |
Sergey Yevgenyevich KRISTOVSKIY |
13. |
Irina Ilyinichna TONEVA |
14. |
Ivan Konstantinovich DEMYAN |
15. |
Anna Grigoryevna SEMENOVICH |
16. |
Anna Nikolaevna REVYAKINA |
17. |
Alexander Vladimirovich OLESHKO |
18. |
Dmitriy Vadimovich HARATYAN |
19. |
Alexander Yulyevich IVANOV |
20. |
Igor Mikhailovich ZHIRNOV |
21. |
Anatoliy Yakovlevich SHENDEROV |
22. |
Olga Borisovna KORMUHINA |
23. |
Rodion Olegovich GAZMANOV |
24. |
Gleb Alimovich MATVEICHUK |
25. |
Mark Iosifovich TISHMAN |
26. |
Dmitriy Anatolyevich FOMIN |
27. |
Elizaveta DOLZHENKOVA |
28. |
Olga Leonidovna ERSHOVA |
29. |
Maria Olegovna VATUTINA |
30. |
Igor Alexandrovich KARAULOV |
31. |
Aleksey Alexandrovich SHMELEV |
32. |
Ivan KURPEYANOV |
33. |
Dmitriy Petrovich DYUZHEV |
34. |
Larisa Alexandrovna DOLINA |