Andrejs Pagors, a member of the Latvian Russian Union political party, was detained in Riga on Thursday for picketing the annual march of SS legionnaires with anti-Nazi slogans, Latvian media reported

Sputnik Lithuania editor Marat Kasem, who was arrested in Latvia, is in critical condition and needs medical assistance, his lawyer told Sputnik on Friday

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Latvian Ambassador Maris Riekstins should leave Russia within two weeks over the decision of the Latvian authorities to lower the level of diplomatic relations with Moscow

Marat Kasem, the editor-in-chief of Sputnik Lithuania who was recently arrested in Latvia, wrote a new letter to his colleagues from prison in Riga, thanking them for their support

Latvia's decision to downgrade the level of its diplomatic relations with Russia is unfounded, and Moscow will harshly respond to such hostile actions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday