Event 475

{
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Official communication from the Riga municipality account, provides direct quotes and explicit rationale for the ban. The timestamp, location, and context are clearly legible in the screenshot.",
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://x.com/RigasDome/status/1816775391501078594"
    ],
    "title": "??Riga bans pro-Russian imperial navy glorification event"
  },
  "description": "The Riga City Council announced it will prohibit the organization of events in Riga that glorify the Russian Empire. This follows recommendations from the State Security Service. A planned event at Vērmanes Garden, intended to honor the Russian Imperial Navy, was forbidden, being assessed as a provocation and disrespect to Ukraine's defenders amidst the ongoing war. The city's position is described as principled and unambiguous: there will be no place for events celebrating the Russian army in Riga.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-07-25T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official post by Riga City Council stating a ban on an event planned in Vērmanes Garden honoring the Russian Imperial Navy.",
    "The basis for the ban is a recommendation from the State Security Service and concerns about provocation and disrespect to Ukrainian defenders."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Rīgā netiks pieļauta Krievijas impēriju slavinošu pasākumu rīkošana!",
    "Pilsētas izpilddirektors Jānis Lange, ņemot vērā arī Valsts Drošības dienesta rekomendāciju, nolēmis aizliegt sestdien Vērmanes dārzā plānoto pasākumu Krievijas impēriskās flotes piemiņai, jo tā būtu vērtējama kā provokācija, atklāta necieņas izrādīšana Ukrainas aizstāvjiem un pretrunā ar vairāku civiltiesiskās sabiedrības nostāju.",
    "Pašvaldības nostāja ir viennozīmīga – Rīgā nav un nebūs vietas Krievijas armiju slavinājošiem pasākumiem!"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official post by Riga City Council stating a ban on an event planned in Vērmanes Garden honoring the Russian Imperial Navy.",
            "The basis for the ban is a recommendation from the State Security Service and concerns about provocation and disrespect to Ukrainian defenders."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "LV"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Riga bans Russian imperial-glorifying event after security review",
  "location_text": "Riga, Vērmanes Garden",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_475_1763928200_ecadd9e5.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Riga bans pro-Russian imperial navy glorification event. Event called provocative, per security services",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/RigasDome/status/1816775391501078594"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Riga city authorities ban a Russian event commemorating the Imperial Navy, citing provocation and disrespect towards Ukraine.",
  "url": "https://x.com/RigasDome/status/1816775391501078594"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "LV",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "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": "25-Jul-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Riga bans pro-Russian imperial navy glorification event",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://x.com/RigasDome/status/1816775391501078594",
  "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": "??Riga bans pro-Russian imperial navy glorification event. Event called provocative, per security services",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}