It posted a tweet online showing some pretty blossom partially obscuring the hulking ensemble of brutalist statuary in Uzvaras park, accompanied by a statement saying it was "outraged" at the "traitorous, unjustified step" and added, with apparently no sense of irony, that Latvia is guilty of "a complete rejection of civilized ways of setting interstate issues and brazen disregard for the fundamental principles of international law".
Meanwhile, Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues.
🇷🇺🇱🇻 Commentary of the Russian Embassy in Latvia 🔗https://t.co/QHpoDJ9Y1t#Riga #Latvia #Russia #RussianEmbassy pic.twitter.com/xr6cpvWWoo
— Посольство России в Латвии (@LV_RUSEMBAS) May 12, 2022