Visitors from Ukraine were honored guests today in Riga. Waffen SS veterans marched in the center of the Latvian capital. As previously, the event took place despite all the appeals of anti-fascist organizations not to do so. Those who tried to stop the column were detained by police. That's what my colleague Darya Grigorova was able to film on the streets of Riga.

Shame on Latvia! Fascism will not pass! Not without a ripple, members of the Latvian Anti-Fascist Committee are put into prison trucks for an uncoordinated picket. In total, five people were detained during the campaign. There are practically no real, living legionnaires left, their ideological followers are in the column. Maybe it was fascism, but we stood for our people and stand for our people, come hell or high water. You are now looking for the truth where it does not exist, and has never existed, neither then nor now. So get out of here as far as you can.

The most notable ones this time are the guests from Ukraine. The banners of the "Azov" battalion were once banned during the march. Ukrainians learned the lesson, and prepared their attributes properly. We do not talk to the Russia TV channel. — Why? — We don't want to! They only cause trouble! Participants of the march believe that Latvian legionnaires fought for freedom. But they swore allegiance to Hitler. In 1941, auxiliary police, or SD, was created from the volunteers. Best known for the notorious Arajs Kommando, which, according to official data, slaughtered more than 26,000 people.

Later, some of the police battalions joined the Latvian Legion. It was created in 1943, after the defeat at Stalingrad. Nazi Germany did not have enough soldiers. The 19th Latvian SS division also took a direct part in the punitive actions. The Latvian government, realizing all the harm for the country's image, distances itself from the March festivities. This year, the Prime Minister of Latvia, Maris Kuchinskis insistently asked his cabinet not to participate in the celebrations.

Otherwise, they will be fired. However, many Latvian Saeima deputies, from the right-wing National Alliance, were in the columns together with those who revere the legionnaires. Shame, shame! It is clear that even among the representatives of the Latvian titular nation, legionnaires aren't idols for everyone. But since the Latvian authorities aren't ready yet to ban this celebration, the opponents of today's march will have to wait until history puts everything in its place.