RIGA, Latvia — Each year on May 9, Russia's Victory Day, thousands of Russian-speaking Latvians gather underneath this capital city's 24-story-tall Victory Monument to commemorate Soviet ...

Featuring five spires and five-pointed stars, the monument was built in 1985 in Latvia’s capital, Riga, as a memorial to Soviet soldiers killed in World War II. Latvia was occupied by Nazi ...

In some cases, monuments were vandalized, tagged with the colors of the Ukrainian flag, or even disappeared. But in Daugavpils, Latvia's second-largest city, with 95,000 inhabitants, Valentina ...

The monument was built in 1985 while Latvia was still part of the Soviet Union. It has stirred controversy since Latvia regained independence in 1991 and eventually became a NATO and European ...

A controversial Soviet-era monument in the Latvian capital was brought down, despite protests from the Baltic state's ethnic Russian minority to keep it. A concrete obelisk topped with Soviet ...

The monument, built in 1985 while Latvia was still part of the Soviet Union, will be felled using machinery on Tuesday, said Janis Lange, the Latvian capital's executive director. He told a news ...

People lay flowers at a monument commemorating the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Riga, Latvia, on May 10. The event prompted many Latvians to renew calls to destroy ...

Swap your car for this electric scooter FILE - The Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders stands, in Riga, Latvia, Feb. 23, 2022. A Soviet-era ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Latvia will tear down a Soviet-era monument on Tuesday that commemorates the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany, authorities said, coming a week after Estonia ...