Latvia should lift entry ban on controversial Russian politician - newspaper.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

The Latvian newspaper Latvijas Avize has supported a suggestion by a leading Latvian politician that the ban against the Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovskiy entering the country be lifted. The newspaper pointed out that Zhirinovskiy is just one of a number of Russian politicians who have made false or outrageous claims about Latvia, suggesting that if the government does not ban all of them, then there is no point in banning just one. The following is the text of the article by Maris Antonevics, entitled "Zhirinovskiy is not the only one" and published in the Latvian newspaper Latvijas Avize on 12 December; subheadings inserted editorially: …