Event 195

{
  "category": "Sabotage",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Direct evidence and official city statements reported by Latvian Television are quoted. The article provides clear statements, numbers, and quotes from both officials and eyewitnesses.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Russia",
    "Ukraine"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Riga City Council has reported a rise in pro-Russian vandalism incidents, with numerous acts of graffiti promoting Russian aggression and damage to pro-Ukraine posters and billboards across the city, as well as increased targeting of residential buildings and vehicles.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-15T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official Riga City Council press release cited.",
    "Quotes and reported statistics from city security committee.",
    "List of targeted sites: pro-Ukraine posters, residential homes, vehicles, and billboards.",
    "Police and municipal information on rates of incidents and ongoing investigations."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "The Security, Order and Corruption Prevention Committee of Riga City Council has received an unusually high number of reports of acts of vandalism in recent weeks: both vandalism of pro-Ukraine posters and pro-Russian aggression graffiti on the walls of buildings, Latvian Television reported on March 14.",
    "\"There are visions of those who try to challenge our guide to discussions. This is not unusual or new...\"",
    "Several anti-military symbols supporting Russian aggression on the corners of houses and under the windows of apartments in various areas have also become too irregularly, as the cases are becoming more frequent.",
    "Month by month, the number of proceedings initiated by the police for this matter has increased by 38% compared to last year.",
    "Police representatives confirmed that these crimes are now being investigated and that several pro-Kremlin suspects have been caught in recent weeks and details are being gathered for further prosecution."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Z-Vandalism",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official Riga City Council press release cited.",
            "Quotes and reported statistics from city security committee.",
            "List of targeted sites: pro-Ukraine posters, residential homes, vehicles, and billboards.",
            "Police and municipal information on rates of incidents and ongoing investigations."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "LV"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Increasing number of pro-Russian vandalism cases in Riga",
  "location_text": "Riga",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_195_1763919258_3fba6df8.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Z-vandalism in Latvia increasing",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/15.03.2024-increasing-number-of-pro-russian-vandalism-cases-in-riga.a546805/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Latvia experiences a surge in pro-Russian vandalism, including aggressive graffiti and attacks on pro-Ukraine signage in Riga.",
  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/15.03.2024-increasing-number-of-pro-russian-vandalism-cases-in-riga.a546805/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "LV",
  "Attack Type": "Z-Vandalism",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV",
  "Date": "15-Mar-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Z-vandalism in Latvia increasing",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Sabotage Increasing number of pro-Russian Z-vandalism in ??Riga",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/15.03.2024-increasing-number-of-pro-russian-vandalism-cases-in-riga.a546805/",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}