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Latvian Post began opening and checking personal letters and parcels sent to Russia and Belarus. The department told Latvian media that they were doing this to comply with EU sanctions, the Sputnik Near Abroad telegram channel reports.
The postal service checks if senders have included banknotes, bank cards, chips or SIM cards in the envelopes. If these items are found, the department noted, their shipment ''will be delayed.''
It is stressed that letters from prisoners cannot be opened at the post office; the Constitutional Court of Latvia imposed a corresponding ban, since the Constitutiont guarantees privacy. At the same time, this provision, as the situation with the opening of letters and parcels to Russia and Belarus shows, does not apply to everyone.
Information about discrimination against Russian residents of Latvia has even made its way to the Western media. The day before, The New York Times stated that Russians in Latvia were tired of being treated as second-class residents and being discriminated against based on nationality and language.
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