OREANDA-NEWS  Latvian law enforcement agencies have detained Alexei Roslikov, a deputy of the country's Seimas (parliament), who spoke in defense of the Russian language. The video was posted on the Telegram channel of the politician.

"Alexey Roslikov was detained this morning, and he has now been taken away," said Svetlana Chulkova, Roslikov's colleague in the Stability faction.

Additional details about the detention of the politician have not been reported at the moment. Chulkova called on the audience to support Roslikov and hoped for a successful outcome.

On June 5, Roslikov was kicked out of the Seimas meeting for speaking in Russian. During the consideration of the declaration "on the elimination of linguistic consequences" by the deputies, the politician went to the podium and said: "Russian is our language!"