Deputy of the Seima Latvia, the sculptor Aigars Biksha, who called on to take hostages to the hostage the Belarusian hockey team, apologized in his Facebook .
“I apologize to those hockey players, which this offer insulted or embarrassed, as well as those fans of the Belarusian hockey team, which, not knowing the democratic traditions and laws of Latvia, reacted to my proposal seriously and regarded it as a threat to his team!” – Posted by Latvian deputy.
Previously, Bikshe offered to take hostages of Belarusian hockey players to exchange athletes on political prisoners. The politician called the power of Belarus by the terrorist regime, and the incident with the Ryanair aircraft – a blow to the EU face.
On May 23, the airline Ryanair airlines flying from Athens to Vilnius, eventually sat down after reports of mining arrived from Minsk airport. To accompany the aircraft, the MiG-29 Air Force of Belarus was raised. Belarusian security forces detained on board the creator of the opposition telegram channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich.
After that, in Riga, where the hockey championship of the world is held, the Belarusian flag of Belarus on the White-Red and White, which is used by protesters. The Vilnius Mayor’s Hall was also similar.